Lungs and breathing at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Southmead and Bristol Eye respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 81% are within 18 weeks.

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7 to 46weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 500 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 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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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 202417.064.813.8
October 202418.465.113.1
November 202431.560.310.3
December 202423.546.39.3
January 20253.550.37.3
February 20254.043.69.6
March 20254.346.09.9
April 20254.845.211.1
May 20253.745.19.2
June 20252.746.310.7
July 20254.749.010.2
August 20259.749.210.0
September 20259.149.410.4
October 20258.847.99.0
November 20256.447.111.4
December 20256.948.610.8
January 20267.047.49.6
February 20266.647.27.9
March 20268.345.48.0
April 20266.745.19.3
May 20265.545.09.9
June 202610.446.49.8
July 20266.831.97.0
August 20266.845.57.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
7 to 27weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 227 people treated in the month.

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

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