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Lungs and breathing at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 45 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 63% 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 Dorset 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 20245.949.115.6
October 20247.952.415.5
November 20247.852.015.4
December 20245.750.815.7
January 20259.850.916.1
February 20259.347.916.6
March 20258.244.214.7
April 20256.644.114.8
May 20258.244.712.5
June 20258.146.814.3
July 20257.946.814.8
August 20258.547.414.8
September 20257.150.615.4
October 20258.753.816.1
November 202510.752.616.6
December 20257.648.717.4
January 20269.146.411.9
February 20267.945.312.3
March 20267.846.512.8
April 20269.843.813.7
May 202612.044.113.5
June 20267.945.912.8
July 20265.845.312.7
August 20268.345.413.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

4 to 36weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 36 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 312 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 20.7 miles away

6 to 28weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 70 people treated in the month.

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

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