Elderly Medicine waiting times at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (June 2026)

7week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 250 people on the elderly medicine list here have been waiting longer than 7 weeks, half less. That is 1 week longer than a year ago. It is about 1 week shorter than the England average for this specialty.

100%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

59 / 100

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week longer than a year ago.

That hides a turn: it is 1 week longer than twelve months ago, but 2 weeks shorter than six months ago.

Median wait each month, 18 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. 0% 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.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall	43 miles	5 wks	3 wks
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford	72 miles	5 wks	3 wks
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby	69 miles	5 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
General Surgery	4,723	10 wks
Gynaecology	4,407	14 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	4,281	15 wks
Ophthalmology	3,756	11 wks
Dermatology	3,471	9 wks
Cardiology	2,822	11 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.