Care of older people at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 5 to 10 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 100% are within 18 weeks.

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 266 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 Northumbria Healthcare 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 20247.215.16.3
October 20245.913.96.5
November 20246.914.46.3
December 20246.013.76.3
January 20255.514.56.8
February 20254.212.04.6
March 20253.47.84.9
April 20253.97.85.4
May 20253.17.95.0
June 20252.78.25.1
July 20253.08.64.6
August 20252.96.84.7
September 20253.58.84.3
October 20253.98.54.6
November 20253.49.34.7
December 20253.19.34.3
January 20265.19.94.4
February 20264.610.14.5
March 20265.08.54.5
April 20265.17.95.5
May 20264.89.75.2
June 20265.09.74.4
July 20265.29.64.3
August 20265.29.75.5

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Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 22weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 512 people treated in the month.

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