Care of older people at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Conquest and Eastbourne District General elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 15 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 97% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 74 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 Sussex Healthcare 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 20246.018.56.1
October 20245.614.17.0
November 20246.215.56.4
December 20244.920.37.9
January 20256.422.67.1
February 20253.514.53.9
March 20254.414.86.2
April 20255.318.45.8
May 20255.120.66.3
June 20253.814.56.2
July 20253.418.05.5
August 20254.514.66.3
September 20255.216.47.2
October 20257.022.49.9
November 20256.517.79.3
December 20257.025.88.1
January 20268.020.410.1
February 20267.125.47.5
March 20268.519.16.1
April 20266.615.36.8
May 20269.318.35.0
June 20267.720.65.2
July 20267.216.76.6
August 20266.215.36.8

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

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