Lungs and breathing at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset County respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 28 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 80% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 70 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 Dorset County Hospital 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 20246.030.87.6
October 20245.935.86.8
November 202411.632.79.9
December 20246.528.912.6
January 20256.530.610.3
February 20254.028.310.3
March 202512.530.06.4
April 20256.027.36.8
May 20254.430.99.3
June 20254.822.79.7
July 20256.026.89.1
August 20253.932.29.5
September 20254.828.99.8
October 20255.432.111.4
November 20258.030.410.9
December 202510.030.110.9
January 20269.830.410.4
February 20269.329.58.7
March 202617.026.77.8
April 20263.625.910.7
May 20266.225.710.4
June 20266.224.18.8
July 20268.525.110.5
August 20266.328.211.2

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

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