Care of older people at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free and Barnet elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 4 to 16 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 4 weeks and 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 95% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 66 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 Royal Free London 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 20249.8
October 202410.9
November 202414.7
December 202414.7
January 20253.011.56.8
February 20252.48.97.7
March 20254.514.96.9
April 20253.525.16.1
May 20257.021.97.3
June 20254.412.86.6
July 20254.730.36.5
August 20254.820.75.0
September 20253.615.55.4
October 20253.415.44.1
November 20255.016.95.3
December 20255.915.06.4
January 20266.711.84.3
February 20265.217.04.5
March 20265.516.96.2
April 20267.017.44.6
May 20266.712.45.8
June 20268.515.05.4
July 20265.716.12.8
August 20263.615.73.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 21 miles away

2 to 7weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 7 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 155 people treated in the month.

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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

NHS trust, 20 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.

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