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Elderly Medicine waiting times at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Incomplete pathways · Data: August 2026 · Source: NHS England RTT statistics · full trust profile

On the waiting list
343
Seen within 18 weeks
91.3%
Typical (median) wait
6.4 wks
Waiting over a year
0
Waiting over 65 weeks
0
Waiting over 78 weeks
0
Seen within 18 weeks
Elderly Medicine · % of the waiting list
60%70%80%90%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%91.3%94.0%April 202194.6%May 202194.4%June 202194.1%July 202194.1%August 202191.7%September 202187.4%October 202185.5%November 202178.8%December 202179.3%January 202278.7%February 202281.6%March 202278.0%April 202378.4%May 202377.6%June 202377.3%July 202373.0%August 202370.7%September 202369.7%October 202366.2%November 202363.6%December 202368.3%January 202472.6%February 202473.3%March 202474.9%April 202474.3%May 202471.6%June 202470.3%July 202469.8%August 202464.3%September 202469.0%October 202475.6%November 202475.9%December 202477.6%January 202579.4%February 202583.1%March 202584.2%April 202582.0%May 202581.1%June 202584.4%July 202587.8%August 202586.2%September 202582.5%October 202580.4%November 202578.9%December 202577.0%January 202675.4%February 202680.6%March 202681.6%April 202685.0%May 202692.3%June 202691.0%July 202691.3%August 2026

How long did treated patients wait?

These figures are for elderly medicine patients who started treatment in August 2026 — not those still waiting. The wait shown is how long they had waited before treatment started. It is typically longer than the current waiting-list figure above, because it includes people who were finally treated after a long wait.

Admitted (needed a hospital admission)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
0.5 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
100.0%
Patients treated
6
in August 2026
Non-admitted (outpatient)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
9.5 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
71.3%
Patients treated
80
in August 2026

Source: NHS England RTT statistics, completed (admitted/non-admitted) pathways. About this data

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