Care of older people at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 20 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 4 weeks and 9 in 10 under 11 weeks. 98% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation 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 20244.211.42.9
October 20243.716.83.8
November 20244.19.83.5
December 20244.512.85.0
January 20256.413.65.3
February 20254.511.03.9
March 20253.79.83.7
April 20254.412.94.4
May 20254.812.15.8
June 20255.312.75.6
July 20255.512.75.4
August 20256.615.06.2
September 20255.515.46.0
October 20257.615.96.2
November 20259.217.97.6
December 20259.315.97.9
January 20268.620.97.0
February 20267.820.05.8
March 20267.420.05.4
April 20267.914.75.5
May 20267.916.46.7
June 20268.616.65.4
July 20267.218.15.0
August 20267.619.94.0

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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