Care of older people at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB (Good Hope and Heartlands) elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 23 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 84% 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 Hospitals Birmingham 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 20246.114.54.3
October 20245.813.53.6
November 20246.012.94.7
December 20245.111.64.9
January 20258.214.95.5
February 20257.014.05.2
March 20257.516.95.3
April 20258.416.35.7
May 20258.518.17.4
June 20258.718.75.3
July 20257.016.85.8
August 20256.817.35.1
September 20258.420.95.3
October 20256.918.65.5
November 20257.719.35.7
December 20257.516.26.4
January 20269.423.67.1
February 20268.823.76.4
March 20267.923.36.1
April 20267.524.36.1
May 20267.024.87.5
June 202610.327.77.5
July 20266.724.87.4
August 20266.422.95.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
5 to 10weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 10 weeks. 38 people treated in the month.

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

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