Lungs and breathing at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

GWH (Great Western Hospital A&E) respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 23 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 23 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 131 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 Great Western Hospitals 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 202426.072.321.6
October 202413.563.922.1
November 202419.064.221.9
December 202444.860.818.7
January 202524.459.518.7
February 202516.055.718.1
March 202518.655.216.8
April 202518.356.917.0
May 202512.856.817.1
June 202520.857.115.7
July 202512.454.915.7
August 202523.560.115.5
September 202512.951.515.6
October 202516.850.015.5
November 202511.648.715.6
December 202518.548.815.6
January 202618.646.916.5
February 202621.347.814.3
March 202629.547.214.7
April 202613.846.414.5
May 202617.044.915.4
June 202631.046.813.9
July 202614.247.914.7
August 202622.844.214.6

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

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