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Lungs and breathing at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and Midland Metropolitan respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 27 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 82% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Respiratory medicine at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS 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 202410.126.77.3
October 20248.224.58.6
November 20246.623.98.1
December 20245.823.17.8
January 20256.521.86.8
February 20258.420.36.6
March 20255.419.57.9
April 20256.620.28.7
May 20256.921.69.3
June 20257.123.98.5
July 20257.020.69.6
August 20256.122.510.4
September 202512.222.69.0
October 20258.320.36.5
November 202520.970.36.7
December 202512.233.58.1
January 20269.745.99.8
February 20267.827.97.7
March 202613.139.57.2
April 202610.123.37.8
May 20269.525.38.5
June 20269.622.47.5
July 20269.523.78.4
August 202611.827.210.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 6.6 miles away

10 to 22weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 182 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

NHS trust, 19.9 miles away

11 to 24weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 121 people treated in the month.

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

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