Lungs and breathing at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Blackburn respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 20 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 5 weeks and 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 97% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 224 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 Lancashire Hospitals 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 202413.927.38.8
October 202411.127.98.2
November 20249.127.88.8
December 202412.029.97.5
January 20259.330.38.2
February 202511.030.08.4
March 202510.029.27.8
April 20259.026.96.8
May 202510.531.17.9
June 20257.324.86.5
July 202511.235.36.6
August 20259.126.67.2
September 20259.724.46.5
October 20257.024.35.7
November 20256.020.26.3
December 20258.126.26.3
January 20267.324.84.3
February 20266.122.54.4
March 20267.022.84.9
April 20268.519.84.3
May 20266.118.54.8
June 20267.517.93.8
July 20267.520.13.9
August 20266.820.04.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.3 miles away

4 to 41weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 191 people treated in the month.

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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.

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

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