Lungs and breathing at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

Warrington respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 37 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 75% 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 North Cheshire and Mersey 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 202411.850.414.9
October 202411.149.814.2
November 202410.146.013.7
December 202410.346.711.5
January 20259.946.812.4
February 202511.447.212.7
March 202511.548.013.2
April 202510.451.912.7
May 202512.248.513.2
June 202513.649.513.5
July 202512.348.713.2
August 202510.048.313.9
September 202520.549.513.2
October 202511.546.914.3
November 202511.050.013.8
December 202513.251.612.8
January 202618.151.611.2
February 202611.945.211.6
March 202615.842.89.3
April 202610.743.710.3
May 202610.341.611.9
June 202611.040.010.9
July 202613.538.610.8
August 202610.037.210.7

Faster options within 25 miles

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.

Has A&E
6 to 19weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 885 people treated in the month.

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

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