Care of older people at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Southampton General elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 22 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 90% are within 18 weeks.

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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 University Hospital Southampton 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 202412.520.79.6
October 202414.822.310.2
November 202412.220.99.2
December 202413.019.510.9
January 202512.420.910.7
February 202511.520.210.2
March 20258.819.17.4
April 20259.321.27.3
May 20258.723.65.0
June 20255.517.56.8
July 20257.415.14.7
August 20257.318.05.0
September 20256.912.75.4
October 20259.918.36.2
November 202510.816.16.1
December 20258.916.55.9
January 20268.616.45.9
February 20265.616.45.6
March 20266.516.25.0
April 20267.914.05.7
May 20268.317.06.2
June 20268.617.36.6
July 20269.518.67.8
August 202610.321.68.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 14weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 31 people treated in the month.

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

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