Care of older people at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Blackburn elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 11 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 3 weeks and 9 in 10 under 8 weeks. 100% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 8 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Elderly medicine at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 20247.515.83.6
October 202410.020.14.0
November 20248.516.03.9
December 20244.8
January 20257.016.26.2
February 20258.817.84.4
March 20258.920.42.1
April 20257.114.25.5
May 202510.322.43.4
June 20257.817.63.4
July 20258.817.83.2
August 20257.316.74.0
September 20257.915.93.6
October 20259.018.83.9
November 20257.112.42.3
December 20256.511.44.2
January 20267.612.83.6
February 20267.313.63.8
March 20268.516.32.2
April 20267.013.93.0
May 20267.412.03.1
June 20266.813.52.3
July 20267.412.33.4
August 20267.011.22.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
5 to 35weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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6 to 21weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 61 people treated in the month.

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