Seen Sooner

Waiting times/Elderly Medicine/Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Elderly Medicine waiting times at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

10week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 679 people on the elderly medicine list here have been waiting longer than 10 weeks, half less. That is 1 week longer than a year ago. It is about 2 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty.

77%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

29

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

88 / 100

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week longer than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard — 20% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

ProviderMilesMedianSooner by
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath516 wks5 wks
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol486 wks4 wks
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter337 wks3 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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