ShortestWait

Respiratory medicine waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for respiratory medicine treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

Includes treatments such as lungs, lung, asthma, copd, breathing, chest, sleep apnoea.

England median wait
10.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
31.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
74%
People waiting
182,914

Shortest respiratory medicine waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 13.5 weeks to 10.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.051015Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202610.4 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202610.4
July 202610.0
June 20269.8
May 202610.3
April 20269.7
March 20269
February 202610.5
January 202611.2
December 202511.5
November 202511.4
October 202511.9
September 202512.2
August 202512.2
July 202511.8
June 202512.3
May 202512.7
April 202512.3
March 202511.9
February 202512.9
January 202513
December 202413.1
November 202413.2
October 202413.6
September 202413.5

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 185 4.3 wks 17.7 wks 93% 1.6 weeks shorter
2 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 300 4.4 wks 13.8 wks 98% 0.7 weeks longer
3 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 868 4.6 wks 16.0 wks 95% 0.8 weeks shorter
4 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 805 4.9 wks 15.9 wks 94% 1.7 weeks shorter
5 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 640 4.9 wks 12.8 wks 97% 0.1 weeks longer
6 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 269 4.9 wks 16.1 wks 94% 0.4 weeks longer
7 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 545 5.1 wks 16.0 wks 94% 1.2 weeks shorter
8 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 991 5.7 wks 13.7 wks 98% 1.0 weeks longer
9 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 2,390 5.9 wks 16.2 wks 96% no change
10 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 262 6.1 wks 25.0 wks 87% 0.3 weeks longer
11 The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Independent East of England 118 6.2 wks 33.5 wks 84% 5.8 weeks shorter
12 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 618 6.2 wks 16.3 wks 97% 0.1 weeks longer
13 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,575 6.6 wks 21.4 wks 88% 0.3 weeks longer
14 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 985 6.7 wks 18.8 wks 91% 1.4 weeks longer
15 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,903 6.8 wks 20.6 wks 89% 2.2 weeks shorter
16 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 944 6.8 wks 18.4 wks 91% 0.2 weeks longer
17 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 233 6.9 wks 19.4 wks 91% 1.9 weeks shorter
18 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 741 7.1 wks 19.9 wks 88% 0.1 weeks shorter
19 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 403 7.1 wks 25.6 wks 88% 3.5 weeks shorter
20 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 531 7.1 wks 17.9 wks 92% no change
21 Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,344 7.2 wks 17.3 wks 93% 1.3 weeks longer
22 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 677 7.2 wks 14.3 wks 96% 0.5 weeks longer
23 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,325 7.2 wks 19.3 wks 90% 0.4 weeks longer
24 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 445 7.2 wks 19.3 wks 91% 1.2 weeks longer
25 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,032 7.3 wks 17.9 wks 92% 0.1 weeks longer
26 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 489 7.4 wks 17.8 wks 92% 0.6 weeks longer
27 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,244 7.4 wks 29.4 wks 80% 0.3 weeks shorter
28 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,057 7.6 wks 18.8 wks 90% 0.7 weeks shorter
29 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 707 7.6 wks 18.7 wks 90% 1.6 weeks longer
30 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,296 7.7 wks 19.4 wks 89% 0.4 weeks shorter
31 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,052 7.7 wks 29.8 wks 81% 2.2 weeks shorter
32 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 686 7.7 wks 23.9 wks 83% 0.9 weeks shorter
33 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,473 7.8 wks 22.2 wks 88% no change
34 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 333 7.9 wks 24.1 wks 87% 2.1 weeks shorter
35 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,514 8.0 wks 18.8 wks 90% 0.8 weeks shorter
36 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,148 8.2 wks 22.5 wks 88% 1.3 weeks shorter
37 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 763 8.3 wks 17.4 wks 94% 0.4 weeks longer
38 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 672 8.4 wks 20.4 wks 91% 3.2 weeks shorter
39 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,979 8.5 wks 20.1 wks 88% 1.7 weeks longer
40 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,781 8.6 wks 17.8 wks 93% no change
41 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,420 8.6 wks 26.1 wks 78% 2.2 weeks shorter
42 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 948 8.7 wks 25.3 wks 83% 1.7 weeks shorter
43 The Yorkshire Clinic Independent North East and Yorkshire 943 8.7 wks 18.6 wks 90% 1.6 weeks longer
44 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,578 8.7 wks 27.2 wks 82% 0.1 weeks longer
45 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 230 8.8 wks 20.0 wks 87% 0.9 weeks shorter
46 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,214 8.9 wks 22.9 wks 85% 0.2 weeks shorter
47 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,586 8.9 wks 23.7 wks 84% 0.2 weeks shorter
48 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 903 8.9 wks 19.0 wks 91% no change
49 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,104 8.9 wks 21.4 wks 82% 0.5 weeks longer
50 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 788 8.9 wks 28.6 wks 76% 4.0 weeks shorter
51 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 2,222 9.1 wks 23.8 wks 82% 0.8 weeks longer
52 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,958 9.1 wks 37.6 wks 81% 2.4 weeks shorter
53 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,020 9.2 wks 25.9 wks 79% 3.8 weeks longer
54 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,052 9.3 wks 22.1 wks 86% 2.7 weeks longer
55 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,055 9.3 wks 25.0 wks 83% 1.8 weeks longer
56 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 941 9.3 wks 24.5 wks 82% 0.7 weeks longer
57 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 934 9.3 wks 25.0 wks 83% 0.6 weeks shorter
58 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,634 9.4 wks 27.2 wks 76% 0.2 weeks shorter
59 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 1,162 9.4 wks 32.0 wks 76% 1.1 weeks shorter
60 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 772 9.5 wks 27.5 wks 84% 0.5 weeks shorter
61 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 1,155 9.5 wks 24.1 wks 81% 0.4 weeks shorter
62 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,810 9.6 wks 28.7 wks 70% 2.3 weeks shorter
63 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,581 9.9 wks 32.4 wks 76% no change
64 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,882 10.0 wks 22.6 wks 82% 1.5 weeks longer
65 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 541 10.0 wks 23.8 wks 84% 0.4 weeks longer
66 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 2,141 10.2 wks 24.9 wks 84% 1.7 weeks longer
67 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,172 10.2 wks 29.5 wks 74% 0.3 weeks shorter
68 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,278 10.3 wks 23.3 wks 82% 1.1 weeks longer
69 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,021 10.5 wks 31.4 wks 72% 0.6 weeks shorter
70 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 3,225 10.5 wks 31.8 wks 71% 0.6 weeks shorter
71 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,746 10.6 wks 28.0 wks 72% 1.0 weeks longer
72 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,005 10.7 wks 29.8 wks 75% 1.2 weeks shorter
73 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 815 10.8 wks 30.1 wks 70% 1.0 weeks shorter
74 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,329 10.8 wks 31.2 wks 73% 1.0 weeks longer
75 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,609 10.9 wks 28.5 wks 72% 1.7 weeks shorter
76 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 4,286 10.9 wks 29.9 wks 71% 1.7 weeks shorter
77 Epsomedical Group Independent 3 sites South East 57 10.9 wks 48.2 wks 65% no change
78 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Independent 14 sites South East 127 11.1 wks 25.6 wks 80% 2.9 weeks longer
79 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 283 11.2 wks 23.7 wks 80% 0.9 weeks longer
80 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 757 11.3 wks 39.8 wks 71% 8.1 weeks shorter
81 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 477 11.3 wks 29.9 wks 75% 1.5 weeks longer
82 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 1,237 11.4 wks 23.7 wks 78% 2.4 weeks longer
83 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 667 11.4 wks 28.2 wks 74% 2.9 weeks longer
84 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,655 11.4 wks 33.9 wks 71% 0.4 weeks shorter
85 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,770 11.4 wks 34.8 wks 72% 0.8 weeks longer
86 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 793 11.4 wks 28.6 wks 73% no change
87 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,001 11.5 wks 27.1 wks 71% 0.6 weeks shorter
88 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 829 11.6 wks 31.4 wks 67% 0.5 weeks longer
89 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,468 11.6 wks 28.3 wks 72% 0.4 weeks longer
90 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,023 11.7 wks 31.0 wks 67% 0.1 weeks longer
91 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,203 11.9 wks 33.2 wks 72% 1.0 weeks longer
92 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,286 12.0 wks 31.4 wks 70% 0.2 weeks shorter
93 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,140 12.2 wks 28.4 wks 72% 0.9 weeks longer
94 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,183 12.2 wks 29.7 wks 71% 1.6 weeks longer
95 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 926 12.3 wks 41.9 wks 66% 0.2 weeks shorter
96 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,928 12.5 wks 49.3 wks 66% 0.8 weeks longer
97 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,259 12.6 wks 32.1 wks 69% 0.4 weeks longer
98 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 1,131 12.6 wks 29.6 wks 68% 0.4 weeks longer
99 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,516 12.6 wks 36.2 wks 64% 0.4 weeks shorter
100 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 881 12.7 wks 32.2 wks 68% 1.5 weeks shorter
101 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,373 12.7 wks 38.3 wks 64% 1.1 weeks shorter
102 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,790 12.8 wks 34.5 wks 65% –
103 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 743 12.8 wks 39.5 wks 61% 3.1 weeks longer
104 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,485 12.9 wks 37.3 wks 63% 0.2 weeks shorter
105 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 9,635 13.1 wks 39.7 wks 62% 0.2 weeks longer
106 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 702 13.1 wks 33.4 wks 62% 1.9 weeks shorter
107 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,457 13.5 wks 33.5 wks 63% 1.5 weeks longer
108 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,661 13.6 wks 37.8 wks 63% no change
109 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 2,386 13.6 wks 31.0 wks 65% 2.5 weeks longer
110 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 915 14.3 wks 39.2 wks 56% 0.3 weeks shorter
111 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,008 14.4 wks 38.4 wks 60% 0.2 weeks shorter
112 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 662 14.5 wks 38.7 wks 58% 2.5 weeks longer
113 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 799 14.6 wks 36.8 wks 59% 0.8 weeks shorter
114 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 3,461 14.8 wks 39.5 wks 60% 1.1 weeks longer
115 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,507 16.7 wks 37.3 wks 53% 0.7 weeks longer
116 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 983 17.5 wks 42.4 wks 51% 2.1 weeks longer
117 Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust NHS Midlands 52 19.0 wks 33.9 wks 46% 3.3 weeks longer
118 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,917 20.0 wks 41.6 wks 45% 1.9 weeks longer
119 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,160 21.0 wks 46.3 wks 44% 3.5 weeks longer
120 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,169 22.6 wks 51.4 wks 43% 3.9 weeks longer

120 providers. Independent providers treat NHS patients at no cost to the patient; you can usually ask to be referred to one. Providers reporting one figure for several sites are marked with the number of sites.

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