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Lungs and breathing at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 25 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 65% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Respiratory medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03060 September 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 202419.449.1
October 202414.945.2
November 202415.144.4
December 202413.139.6
January 202512.242.1
February 202514.441.9
March 202515.838.6
April 202510.137.0
May 202511.941.5
June 202514.740.7
July 20258.740.8
August 20259.341.3
September 202516.842.5
October 202512.044.7
November 20258.943.6
December 202511.149.1
January 202610.649.0
February 202626.652.0
March 202641.152.3
April 202610.143.3
May 202610.043.0
June 20268.247.9
July 20268.848.1
August 202624.948.512.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Has A&E

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 10.7 miles away

7 to 20weeks

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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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.9 miles away

8 to 31weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 156 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . About the data.

This page as JSON. Respiratory medicine waiting times at every hospital in England.

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