Lungs and breathing at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

RCH (Treliske) respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 3 to 29 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 74% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 156 people treated in the month.

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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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 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 20245.236.510.1
October 20242.648.210.5
November 20243.036.811.1
December 20243.439.711.7
January 20252.735.813.8
February 20252.041.313.0
March 20252.349.613.3
April 20252.646.314.0
May 20252.046.214.9
June 20251.849.414.3
July 20251.631.315.0
August 20251.632.315.6
September 20252.558.315.4
October 20254.654.516.3
November 202519.052.010.7
December 20253.833.87.6
January 20264.730.37.9
February 20263.631.87.0
March 20262.133.67.4
April 20261.825.99.8
May 20262.619.68.4
June 20262.336.57.9
July 20261.721.910.4
August 20262.728.811.4

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

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