Lungs and breathing at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 31 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 20 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 45% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Kent Hospitals University 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 202423.853.818.7
October 202427.951.419.0
November 202425.952.919.7
December 202421.351.819.1
January 202524.851.719.1
February 202539.657.019.1
March 202536.554.918.9
April 202527.555.619.4
May 202537.358.919.0
June 202535.754.918.6
July 202529.351.518.9
August 202530.349.919.1
September 202533.055.019.5
October 202533.353.320.1
November 202532.254.319.8
December 202536.154.020.7
January 202628.752.421.5
February 202636.154.320.3
March 202637.053.919.1
April 202635.353.917.9
May 202634.152.518.0
June 202635.352.217.8
July 202631.048.919.3
August 202631.350.620.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.8 miles away

9 to 44weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 140 people treated in the month.

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

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