Care of older people at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

GWH (Great Western Hospital A&E) elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 24 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 88% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 40 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 Great Western Hospitals 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 202416.534.713.6
October 202425.830.816.3
November 202426.836.916.7
December 202426.539.414.7
January 202525.063.112.9
February 202523.034.812.9
March 202527.545.511.9
April 202510.533.27.3
May 20254.630.66.9
June 20255.329.96.8
July 20256.933.26.7
August 20256.626.89.1
September 202514.027.69.7
October 202514.023.97.7
November 20256.726.08.5
December 20259.227.27.5
January 20267.825.98.8
February 202617.032.38.1
March 202612.030.27.8
April 202614.027.08.4
May 202613.129.89.5
June 202615.025.69.4
July 20269.825.38.6
August 202617.023.88.4

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

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