Lungs and breathing at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 19 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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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 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital 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 20244.520.56.6
October 20243.721.65.9
November 20243.622.86.5
December 20243.922.37.3
January 20254.826.58.8
February 20255.425.17.0
March 20254.725.96.1
April 20256.9104.06.5
May 20257.230.86.2
June 20256.226.95.3
July 20255.223.34.8
August 20254.024.75.8
September 20255.923.95.3
October 20255.822.44.9
November 20255.923.95.3
December 20255.526.15.5
January 20266.617.54.8
February 20266.619.84.9
March 20267.319.45.3
April 20267.821.35.9
May 20267.621.06.3
June 20267.219.85.4
July 20266.020.14.6
August 20265.718.65.1

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Shortest waitHas A&E
5 to 23weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 304 people treated in the month.

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

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