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Elderly Medicine Service
At LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, the median elderly medicine service wait is 4 weeks, compared to 6 weeks nationally. Doctor Data Wait Score: 7/10. The system is performing for you here. The lever below is mostly insurance information, in case you need to switch later.
How LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST compares
This is the typical wait for Elderly Medicine Service as a whole at LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST. Your specific procedure could be faster or slower — ask your GP for an estimate that's specific to you.
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LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTLEEDS, LS9 7TF
Median wait: 4wOn the list: 47Within 18 weeks: 100%
This trust (solid) vs national average (dashed). Data through March 2026.
12-month range: 2-4 weeks (spread 2 weeks). Trust waits are sensitive to consultant joins/leaves, list-management policy, and coding changes — the headline median above is one point in this range, not a fixed value.
Wait times are pooled across all consultants in this specialty at this trust. Your individual wait depends on which consultant you're allocated. Why this matters →
Source: NHS England RTT. Median wait calculated from the published weekly band distribution for incomplete pathways. Source: NHS England RTT · Analysis: Doctor Data Ltd.
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