Lungs and breathing at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

The Queen Elizabeth respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 51% 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 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, 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 202412.054.024.9
October 202432.055.223.2
November 202448.458.519.7
December 202433.365.421.2
January 202513.753.022.0
February 202525.056.522.7
March 202523.561.824.4
April 202554.861.325.3
May 202523.560.327.1
June 202528.056.827.2
July 202510.040.626.5
August 202524.5
September 202547.859.321.2
October 202530.148.411.2
November 202520.843.17.5
December 202520.163.510.0
January 202621.745.911.4
February 202621.353.312.6
March 202618.551.512.4
April 202612.554.413.9
May 202616.577.615.3
June 202613.538.915.4
July 202614.541.915.7
August 202611.843.717.5

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

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