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Lungs and breathing at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 33 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 82% 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 Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202414.047.714.8
October 202415.947.615.7
November 202416.950.216.0
December 202417.748.015.0
January 202510.650.115.0
February 202513.050.414.4
March 202511.350.212.5
April 20257.951.412.5
May 20255.954.312.9
June 20258.154.413.2
July 20256.356.213.3
August 20258.260.213.5
September 20257.859.315.1
October 20258.762.216.2
November 202512.459.817.4
December 20259.562.517.7
January 202616.362.617.0
February 202626.958.012.6
March 202616.351.19.4
April 202614.346.48.8
May 202616.844.88.6
June 202612.538.58.0
July 202615.638.47.8
August 20269.733.28.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

10 to 21weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 68 people treated in the month.

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

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