Care of older people at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 17 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 5 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 97% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 107 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 Gateshead Health 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 202411.828.89.3
October 202413.032.710.8
November 202415.428.19.8
December 202414.730.810.9
January 202514.129.711.4
February 202512.032.312.6
March 202511.530.211.7
April 202516.940.29.7
May 202513.338.210.2
June 202512.429.610.3
July 202510.435.18.4
August 20259.828.37.4
September 20259.128.38.3
October 20258.926.26.9
November 20257.029.06.4
December 20257.720.87.6
January 202610.022.37.4
February 20269.321.55.8
March 20265.818.54.9
April 20264.621.95.5
May 20263.917.55.3
June 20265.717.36.5
July 202611.821.35.1
August 20268.317.54.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 22weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 512 people treated in the month.

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5 to 10weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 266 people treated in the month.

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