Care of older people at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Basildon and Southend elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 30 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 87% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 171 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 Mid and South Essex 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 20247.829.87.0
October 20249.227.36.4
November 20248.023.96.7
December 20248.121.88.4
January 202510.125.48.2
February 202510.122.67.0
March 20258.823.97.5
April 202510.622.67.4
May 20253.917.86.9
June 20254.418.35.9
July 20254.917.26.6
August 20253.417.98.3
September 20253.316.67.0
October 20253.518.57.5
November 20256.518.97.4
December 20253.925.57.5
January 20266.220.97.2
February 20263.621.08.0
March 20265.222.48.2
April 20267.430.18.6
May 20269.836.09.7
June 202611.646.47.4
July 202611.939.96.8
August 202610.830.27.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 13.6 miles away

3 to 11weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

NHS trust, 20.2 miles away

3 to 27weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 70 people treated in the month.

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

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