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Lungs and breathing at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 24 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 93% are within 18 weeks.

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust

10 to 24weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 404 people treated in the month.

How the wait has changed

Respiratory medicine at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
01530 September 2024August 2026

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 202412.622.38.6
October 202410.523.48.0
November 202410.022.68.0
December 20249.823.27.5
January 20259.423.97.1
February 20257.723.06.8
March 20255.820.47.8
April 20256.821.18.2
May 202512.322.47.8
June 202512.922.67.8
July 202511.621.07.6
August 20258.821.69.1
September 202510.221.39.3
October 20258.920.47.9
November 20258.819.67.3
December 20257.920.08.3
January 20268.522.08.3
February 202610.322.97.7
March 20269.422.87.8
April 202612.124.98.1
May 202610.723.28.6
June 202611.326.18.8
July 202613.624.48.6
August 202610.424.48.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Has A&E

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 7.4 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.

Has A&E

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.3 miles away

3 to 28weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 253 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . About the data.

This page as JSON. Respiratory medicine waiting times at every hospital in England.

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