Care of older people at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 24 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 91% 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 Lancashire Teaching 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 20248.921.76.5
October 20247.619.45.0
November 202410.333.47.0
December 20248.322.39.3
January 20258.116.611.0
February 202510.521.48.8
March 20256.027.37.1
April 20258.219.17.0
May 20257.923.19.3
June 202510.821.27.3
July 202512.041.57.6
August 20258.026.68.0
September 20258.319.47.3
October 20257.526.35.6
November 20257.523.27.2
December 20257.826.28.8
January 20269.526.77.7
February 20269.533.06.7
March 202612.624.35.9
April 20268.140.26.4
May 20269.432.56.8
June 202610.059.17.3
July 20268.618.27.7
August 202611.324.36.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 10.7 miles away

7 to 11weeks

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.

Has A&E

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.9 miles away

9 to 31weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 29 people treated in the month.

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