Geriatric Medicine Waiting Times Across the NHS

Across 114 NHS hospitals, the average wait to see a geriatrician is about 8 weeks (2 months).

114
Hospitals offering this
8 weeks
National average wait
86%
Seen within 18 weeks
126
Waiting 52+ weeks

Common reasons for referral

Falls assessment and prevention
Dementia assessment
Frailty management
Mobility problems
Medication review
Delirium investigation
Osteoporosis
Continence assessment
End-of-life care planning

All hospitals

Hospital Region Wait Within 18 Wks 52+ Wk
St Martins Hospital South West South West 2 wks
100.0%
-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 2 wks
100.0%
-
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 3 wks
100.0%
-
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 3 wks
99.4%
-
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 4 wks
100.0%
-
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
100.0%
-
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 4 wks
100.0%
-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
100.0%
-
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
97.1%
-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 4 wks
99.0%
-
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 4 wks
90.3%
-
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
93.2%
-
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 4 wks
100.0%
-
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 4 wks
100.0%
-
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
99.4%
-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 4 wks
91.3%
-
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
100.0%
-
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
90.3%
-
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 5 wks
98.9%
-
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East South East 5 wks
98.5%
-
North Bristol NHS Trust South West South West 5 wks
98.5%
-
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
91.1%
-
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
92.6%
-
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East South East 5 wks
99.3%
-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 5 wks
84.8%
-
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 5 wks
92.5%
-
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust London London 5 wks
97.6%
-
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 5 wks
95.1%
1
Dorking Healthcare Limited (dhc) South East South East 5 wks
100.0%
-
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 5 wks
97.5%
-
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
96.4%
-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 5 wks
97.3%
-
Medway NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
89.2%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
95.3%
-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
98.2%
-
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
98.9%
-
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 6 wks
95.2%
1
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 6 wks
96.2%
-
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
95.9%
-
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
93.1%
-
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
90.3%
-
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
98.0%
-
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
94.0%
-
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
98.8%
-
North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
94.8%
-
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
92.3%
-
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 7 wks
89.9%
-
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
96.0%
-
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
90.4%
-
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
96.3%
-
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
90.4%
-
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 7 wks
84.8%
-
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
97.4%
-
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
94.6%
-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
100.0%
-
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
98.0%
-
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
91.6%
2
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
88.5%
-
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 7 wks
85.5%
-
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 7 wks
88.0%
-
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
84.9%
-
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England East of England 7 wks
84.6%
-
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
83.7%
-
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 7 wks
84.5%
2
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 8 wks
95.5%
-
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
91.7%
-
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 8 wks
84.1%
-
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 8 wks
93.1%
-
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 8 wks
88.6%
-
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
88.5%
-
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 8 wks
76.5%
-
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
96.0%
-
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
87.0%
-
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
90.5%
-
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
75.9%
1
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
95.0%
-
The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
80.0%
-
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
85.5%
-
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
80.3%
-
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 9 wks
85.2%
-
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
99.5%
-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 9 wks
78.9%
-
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
74.4%
-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
88.5%
-
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
88.9%
-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
76.6%
-
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
86.7%
-
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 10 wks
83.4%
1
Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust South East South East 10 wks
89.7%
-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
71.8%
-
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 10 wks
75.9%
-
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
77.3%
-
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
71.7%
-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
90.6%
-
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
84.1%
-
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
74.3%
1
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 12 wks
73.2%
-
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
75.2%
-
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
69.9%
-
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
67.0%
-
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 12 wks
69.8%
1
Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
75.2%
-
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
68.2%
-
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
60.8%
3
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 13 wks
61.9%
-
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 14 wks
62.3%
16
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
62.1%
1
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 15 wks
60.6%
-
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West North West 16 wks
59.1%
-
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 17 wks
51.3%
2
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 18 wks
50.0%
1
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust South West South West 18 wks
50.0%
-
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 23 wks
38.9%
93
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 24 wks
38.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the average Geriatric Medicine waiting time?

The average NHS waiting time for Geriatric Medicine is about 8 weeks (2 months), based on data from 114 hospitals.

How long will I wait to see a geriatrician?

The typical wait to see a geriatrician on the NHS is about 8 weeks. However, this varies significantly by hospital. Use WaitRadar to compare waiting times at different hospitals.

What percentage of Geriatric Medicine patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 86% of Geriatric Medicine patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

Source: NHS England RTT statistics — about our methodology

This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.