Respiratory medicine waiting times at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
At the end of August 2026, half of the 1,790 patients waiting for respiratory medicine treatment at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited less than 12.8 weeks, and 92% less than 34.5 weeks. That is 2.4 weeks longer than the England median of 10.4 weeks.
- Median wait
- 12.8 weeks
- 92% waiting less than
- 34.5 weeks
- Waiting under 18 weeks
- 65%
- Patients waiting
- 1,790
102nd shortest of 120 providers in England, and 17th of 18 in North West, ranked by median wait. See the full respiratory medicine ranking.
Shorter waits within 30 miles
Providers with a hospital within 30 miles of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a shorter median wait for respiratory medicine. You can usually ask your GP to refer you to any of them.
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust median 4.9 weeks · 11 miles away (Royal Blackburn Hospital Elective Surgical Hub) · NHS · compare
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust median 5.1 weeks · 27 miles away (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) · NHS · compare
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust median 6.7 weeks · 26 miles away (Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital) · NHS · compare
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust median 7.3 weeks · 30 miles away (University Dental Hospital of Manchester) · NHS · compare
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust median 8.4 weeks · 20 miles away (Royal Bolton Hospital) · NHS · compare
How long patients have been waiting
Share of the 1,790 patients waiting at the end of August 2026, by how long they had waited so far. 65% had waited under 18 weeks; 1 had waited over a year.
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| Waited | Patients | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 6 weeks | 488 | 27% |
| 6 to 12 weeks | 369 | 21% |
| 12 to 18 weeks | 311 | 17% |
| 18 to 26 weeks | 265 | 15% |
| 26 to 39 weeks | 289 | 16% |
| 39 to 52 weeks | 67 | 4% |
| 52 to 65 weeks | 1 | <1% |
| 65 to 78 weeks | 0 | 0% |
| 78 to 104 weeks | 0 | 0% |
| Over 104 weeks | 0 | 0% |
Patients treated in August 2026
- 385 patients started treatment without being admitted, or were discharged from the waiting list. Their median wait was 25.3 weeks.
- 416 new patients joined the waiting list.
These completed waits show how long people who were actually treated had waited, which is often a better guide to an operation than the waiting list as a whole.
About these figures
- These are waits for respiratory medicine as a whole, not for one particular operation. Within a specialty some treatments are quicker than others.
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one figure for all its hospitals.
- Waits run from referral to the start of consultant-led treatment, for routine care. Urgent and suspected cancer referrals are seen sooner.
- Source: NHS England referral to treatment statistics for August 2026.
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