Lungs and breathing at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds General Infirmary and St James respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 5 to 17 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 5 weeks and 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 94% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 362 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 Leeds Teaching 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 20244.935.49.2
October 20248.033.18.0
November 20243.032.28.7
December 20244.127.210.5
January 20252.022.210.5
February 20252.526.210.4
March 20251.821.210.2
April 20256.843.711.1
May 20255.339.811.8
June 20253.526.412.2
July 20255.142.910.9
August 20258.942.09.6
September 20253.337.511.2
October 20252.228.211.5
November 20254.934.310.1
December 20253.436.710.4
January 20263.043.69.6
February 20267.735.77.8
March 20267.239.27.3
April 20263.530.77.7
May 20267.825.36.6
June 20268.821.15.0
July 20265.820.74.6
August 20264.716.54.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 17.1 miles away

4 to 17weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 170 people treated in the month.

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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.1 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.

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

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