Lungs and breathing at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospital of North Tees respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 3 to 28 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 61% 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 Tees and Hartlepool 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 20243.737.812.6
October 20243.939.612.4
November 20244.941.510.8
December 20243.038.311.0
January 20255.238.811.2
February 20255.541.19.1
March 20255.334.17.9
April 20255.638.69.0
May 20254.830.79.2
June 20255.033.210.1
July 20253.032.710.4
August 20252.625.611.5
September 20254.037.711.1
October 20254.037.310.5
November 20252.936.09.8
December 20253.838.210.4
January 20265.739.311.6
February 20262.225.011.2
March 20263.632.48.9
April 20265.537.08.3
May 20263.532.49.7
June 20263.638.211.2
July 20264.326.811.2
August 20263.228.412.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 21.6 miles away

2 to 14weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 141 people treated in the month.

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

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