Lungs and breathing at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free and Barnet respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 39 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 39 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 718 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 Free London 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 202416.850.312.3
October 202415.148.912.4
November 202420.047.111.3
December 202411.946.012.2
January 202514.345.314.2
February 202512.940.914.4
March 202514.648.815.0
April 202514.558.714.6
May 202514.247.615.2
June 202514.443.813.7
July 202515.159.613.3
August 202516.143.013.5
September 20258.246.313.3
October 202514.945.513.1
November 202516.149.511.9
December 20258.733.312.2
January 202611.537.611.8
February 202611.337.011.1
March 202610.533.59.2
April 20269.228.610.6
May 20268.825.111.8
June 202610.728.211.0
July 20269.932.311.4
August 202610.238.911.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 1.5 miles away

3 to 20weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 204 people treated in the month.

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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

NHS trust, 11.6 miles away

5 to 15weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 555 people treated in the month.

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5 to 18weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 217 people treated in the month.

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

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