Lungs and breathing at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB (Good Hope and Heartlands) respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 71% 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 University Hospitals Birmingham 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 202420.359.618.6
October 202413.060.718.5
November 202411.763.119.5
December 202414.062.920.3
January 202515.662.521.3
February 202512.960.921.1
March 202511.163.220.5
April 202516.458.820.4
May 202512.359.520.6
June 202515.858.518.8
July 202514.557.316.9
August 202532.555.215.1
September 202519.551.912.9
October 20259.643.212.3
November 202512.145.712.6
December 20259.942.711.7
January 202610.042.110.4
February 20269.436.610.9
March 202611.634.58.9
April 20267.333.410.8
May 20267.433.011.1
June 20267.233.111.8
July 20269.644.211.5
August 202610.442.010.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 9.3 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.

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

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