Lungs and breathing at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Liverpool and University Hospital Aintree respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 22 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 86% 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 University 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 202411.426.811.0
October 202410.429.912.1
November 202410.531.512.1
December 202412.630.512.9
January 202514.334.69.8
February 202512.228.68.4
March 20258.727.68.5
April 20259.029.78.7
May 202510.726.98.8
June 20259.425.27.5
July 20259.425.98.3
August 20259.024.39.4
September 20259.926.010.0
October 20258.020.610.8
November 20256.025.18.1
December 20255.823.38.6
January 20268.326.69.4
February 20267.222.27.0
March 20267.422.36.6
April 20267.419.87.8
May 20269.620.89.0
June 20266.623.38.7
July 20266.722.010.1
August 20267.322.58.9

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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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