Lungs and breathing at East Cheshire NHS Trust

Macclesfield District General respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 64 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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10 to 64weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 64 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 46 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 East Cheshire NHS 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 202420.333.614.6
October 202421.838.012.8
November 202417.833.112.6
December 202414.032.814.1
January 202512.537.716.1
February 202520.248.215.6
March 202515.840.815.3
April 202513.645.015.2
May 202514.951.815.9
June 202520.8
July 202515.548.017.3
August 202516.051.817.9
September 202518.556.420.8
October 202515.258.219.6
November 202547.561.821.8
December 202550.359.724.0
January 202632.561.321.7
February 202620.056.816.6
March 202618.558.918.8
April 202620.560.619.4
May 202652.565.819.4
June 202635.266.117.2
July 202613.754.110.2
August 202610.064.311.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
6 to 19weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 885 people treated in the month.

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 8.4 miles away

6 to 25weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 177 people treated in the month.

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7 to 25weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 341 people treated in the month.

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

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