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Lungs and breathing at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 45 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 70% are within 18 weeks.

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust

13 to 45weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 303 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Respiratory medicine at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202418.762.014.7
October 202416.147.714.1
November 202417.252.212.8
December 202415.050.813.8
January 202518.356.414.1
February 202521.550.814.8
March 202528.656.515.4
April 202524.054.015.3
May 202521.450.515.6
June 202526.148.914.2
July 202518.745.813.6
August 202518.848.313.9
September 202517.444.314.2
October 202517.842.615.3
November 202516.544.213.3
December 202516.246.713.3
January 202612.146.112.9
February 202614.746.212.4
March 202612.743.211.3
April 202610.950.411.1
May 202614.441.912.2
June 202612.848.212.6
July 202614.638.111.7
August 202613.445.312.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

NHS trust, 11.4 miles away

6 to 21weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 296 people treated in the month.

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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

6 to 27weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 587 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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