Care of older people at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Princess Royal and Royal Shrewsbury elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 17 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 100% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 101 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 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS 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 202411.021.76.7
October 20248.715.36.0
November 20248.616.65.4
December 20246.817.36.4
January 20257.815.84.4
February 20255.513.74.9
March 20257.212.95.1
April 20257.211.85.9
May 20256.613.96.0
June 202510.815.56.3
July 202511.216.18.1
August 202512.017.78.0
September 20259.317.37.9
October 202513.618.58.2
November 202514.117.98.2
December 202512.019.59.2
January 202615.421.410.5
February 202615.120.37.3
March 202613.519.17.3
April 202612.620.78.5
May 202612.616.76.6
June 202615.318.47.0
July 202612.318.67.8
August 202613.317.58.2

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

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