Lungs and breathing at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Sunderland Eye Infirmary and South Tyneside District respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 34 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 76% 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 South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 202412.130.39.8
October 202411.627.510.0
November 202410.930.610.1
December 20249.231.58.8
January 20258.633.68.5
February 20259.735.07.6
March 20259.330.97.1
April 20258.530.27.7
May 20256.330.49.0
June 20258.929.88.4
July 20259.529.97.4
August 202510.035.28.6
September 20259.529.88.8
October 20258.827.28.6
November 20258.128.48.7
December 20258.027.69.4
January 202610.728.59.6
February 20269.830.08.8
March 20268.230.08.3
April 20269.329.39.0
May 202610.231.79.6
June 202610.734.69.0
July 20269.033.98.8
August 20268.634.09.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 7.2 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
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, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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

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