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Elderly Medicine Service
At MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, the median elderly medicine service wait is 14 weeks, compared to 6 weeks nationally. Doctor Data Wait Score: 1/10. Right to Choose now: switching NHS hospitals can dramatically cut your wait. If you have private medical insurance, also worth a parallel conversation with your insurer.
How MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST compares
This is the typical wait for Elderly Medicine Service as a whole at MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST. Your specific procedure could be faster or slower — ask your GP for an estimate that's specific to you.
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Median wait: 14wOn the list: 12Within 18 weeks: 50%
This trust (solid) vs national average (dashed). Data through March 2026.
12-month range: 4-14 weeks (spread 10 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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