Geriatric Medicine Waiting Times Across the NHS

The NHS Geriatric Medicine waiting list in England has 26,452 patients currently waiting for treatment, with a typical wait of around 7 weeks across 115 hospitals. In practice, Geriatric Medicine waiting times range from about 2 weeks at the fastest hospital to 23 weeks at the slowest. From GP referral to first Geriatric Medicine appointment, most patients (92%) are seen within about 21 weeks; the NHS constitutional target is 18 weeks. 168 patients have been on the Geriatric Medicine waiting list for more than a year. Waits for Geriatric Medicine haven't really changed since February 2025.

12-month change

Then vs now nationally

Feb 25→Feb 26
Typical wait
7.3weeks
No change
How long most people wait
Seen in 18 weeks
9in 10
â–² +1.2 pts
NHS aims to see everyone this fast
People waiting
26k
â–² +2.6k
On the waiting list right now
Waiting over a year
168
â–² +118
Been on the list for 12+ months
115
Hospitals you could choose from
7 weeks
How long most people wait
9 in 10
Seen within 18 weeks
168
Have waited over a year

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

National trend

Average geriatric medicine wait across England, month by month.

No change

All hospitals

Hospital Region Wait Within 18 Wks 52+ Wk
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 2 wks
100.0%
-
St Martins Hospital South West South West 2 wks
98.2%
-
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 2 wks
98.1%
-
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 3 wks
96.7%
-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 3 wks
100.0%
-
Livewell Southwest South West South West 3 wks
100.0%
-
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 3 wks
100.0%
-
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 3 wks
97.5%
-
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
96.9%
-
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 4 wks
98.7%
-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
100.0%
-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 4 wks
99.0%
-
North Bristol NHS Trust South West South West 4 wks
99.2%
-
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 4 wks
91.3%
-
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 4 wks
94.3%
-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 4 wks
95.4%
-
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East South East 4 wks
96.4%
-
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
96.7%
-
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
97.5%
-
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
91.1%
-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 4 wks
94.3%
-
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London London 4 wks
100.0%
-
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
99.7%
-
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 4 wks
94.7%
-
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 5 wks
88.5%
-
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England East of England 5 wks
89.5%
-
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 5 wks
100.0%
-
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 5 wks
91.6%
-
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 5 wks
97.2%
-
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 5 wks
88.7%
-
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 5 wks
92.1%
-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
95.0%
-
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 5 wks
96.2%
-
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 5 wks
98.3%
-
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London London 5 wks
91.8%
-
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 5 wks
98.8%
-
The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
95.2%
-
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
96.2%
-
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
90.8%
-
Medway NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
94.9%
-
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
97.1%
-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
91.1%
-
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
97.4%
-
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
100.0%
-
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 6 wks
95.0%
-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
98.3%
-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
96.1%
-
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
94.1%
-
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
90.8%
-
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
95.3%
-
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
91.1%
-
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 6 wks
97.6%
-
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust London London 6 wks
97.8%
-
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East South East 6 wks
84.9%
-
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 6 wks
83.6%
-
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
90.1%
-
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 6 wks
90.5%
-
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
94.7%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
100.0%
-
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 6 wks
89.6%
-
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 6 wks
76.4%
-
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
80.6%
-
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
85.3%
-
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
86.2%
1
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 6 wks
91.4%
-
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 6 wks
89.3%
-
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
91.2%
-
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 7 wks
84.8%
-
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
97.5%
-
Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) South East South East 7 wks
91.3%
-
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 7 wks
82.4%
-
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
86.3%
-
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
78.0%
4
Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust South East South East 7 wks
86.0%
-
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
83.5%
-
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 7 wks
98.0%
-
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
83.9%
-
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 8 wks
92.3%
-
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 8 wks
81.3%
2
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
80.6%
-
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
79.9%
-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
83.6%
-
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
91.8%
-
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
92.0%
-
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
77.4%
-
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
72.3%
-
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 9 wks
89.5%
-
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 9 wks
75.6%
-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
82.7%
-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
81.7%
-
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
73.4%
-
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
79.3%
-
North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
84.8%
-
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 11 wks
84.1%
-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 11 wks
75.4%
-
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
71.2%
3
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
79.0%
-
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
67.4%
-
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 12 wks
69.5%
1
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
69.4%
1
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
64.9%
-
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 12 wks
77.2%
-
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
63.9%
-
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
67.6%
4
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 13 wks
64.8%
2
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 13 wks
66.0%
-
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West North West 13 wks
62.9%
-
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 14 wks
59.2%
5
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 14 wks
78.3%
-
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 15 wks
57.5%
2
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 15 wks
64.3%
-
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 15 wks
56.3%
-
Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
59.3%
-
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust South West South West 22 wks
39.7%
-
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 23 wks
41.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the NHS Geriatric Medicine waiting list?

The NHS Geriatric Medicine waiting list in England has about 26,452 patients currently waiting for treatment. The typical wait is around 7 weeks (nearly 2 months), based on data from 115 hospitals. Waiting times vary significantly between hospitals, so it's worth comparing your options before accepting a referral.

How long will I wait to see a geriatrician on the NHS?

The headline NHS waiting time is the wait from your GP's referral to your first outpatient appointment, which is the first time you actually see a geriatrician. Nationally this currently averages about 7 weeks. In our data it ranges from as short as 2 weeks at the fastest hospital to 23 weeks at the slowest, so where you are referred matters. Any tests, procedures or treatment that follow that first appointment may have their own waits on top.

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.