Care of older people at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal and Fairfield General elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 21 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 4 weeks and 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 94% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E

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.

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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 Northern Care Alliance 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 202419.440.010.1
October 202414.027.57.6
November 202415.826.86.6
December 202412.822.08.4
January 202511.420.09.3
February 202513.827.87.3
March 202515.322.87.7
April 202514.126.47.3
May 202514.324.76.9
June 202512.220.78.4
July 202511.823.27.4
August 202514.122.87.2
September 202514.021.68.0
October 202512.521.88.1
November 202511.923.66.2
December 202511.132.16.8
January 202610.125.07.1
February 20268.921.35.0
March 20266.821.04.5
April 20267.221.86.0
May 20268.015.95.3
June 20267.517.84.5
July 20266.121.64.9
August 20265.721.14.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 10.7 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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