Livewell Southwest
Updated February 2026
The typical wait to see a geriatrician is
3 weeks
Livewell Southwest is an Independent Sector provider in the South West region. There are currently 24 people waiting to see a geriatrician, with a typical wait of about about 3 weeks. About 10 in 10 people are seen within 18 weeks. That's the NHS target. Waits at this hospital are about 2.2 weeks longer than in February 2025. It's slipped down 5 places in the national league for this department's; now 6 out of 115 hospitals.
Median wait and % seen within 18 weeks for this department, with the national average as a dashed line.
Distribution of patients by how many weeks they've been on the waiting list.
The national average wait to see a geriatrician is about 7 weeks. This hospital is faster than the national average.
Ranked 6th out of 115 hospitals nationally for this department
Ranked 2nd out of 15 in South West
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The current average Geriatric Medicine waiting time at Livewell Southwest is about 3 weeks.
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