Care of older people at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 162 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 Manchester University 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 202426.349.015.7
October 202422.044.714.9
November 202424.342.513.0
December 202420.340.413.2
January 202517.137.913.2
February 202517.238.412.7
March 202517.144.511.2
April 202514.036.011.0
May 202517.940.910.7
June 202516.834.911.3
July 202516.443.611.2
August 202515.644.210.4
September 202513.635.810.0
October 20258.339.210.8
November 202510.339.910.8
December 20258.035.712.0
January 20269.142.712.4
February 202610.539.012.3
March 20269.438.012.2
April 20267.036.612.5
May 20267.643.613.8
June 20268.845.811.9
July 20268.643.19.9
August 20267.943.59.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 6.7 miles away

1 to 14weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 153 people treated in the month.

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5 to 35weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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6 to 21weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 61 people treated in the month.

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

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