Lungs and breathing at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 27 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 88% 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching 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 202412.137.816.8
October 202422.048.316.7
November 202425.549.417.2
December 202420.342.616.7
January 202521.145.816.4
February 202522.452.016.3
March 202527.948.714.1
April 202515.647.214.6
May 202521.753.415.0
June 20257.354.115.2
July 20258.051.714.8
August 20254.744.414.4
September 20255.744.714.3
October 20256.054.414.2
November 20256.155.114.0
December 20255.451.914.5
January 20265.950.512.5
February 20266.647.011.4
March 20265.946.29.8
April 20266.043.79.3
May 20267.039.19.4
June 20266.635.69.0
July 20267.032.58.6
August 20266.026.78.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 12.7 miles away

3 to 20weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 204 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

NHS trust, 22 miles away

5 to 15weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 555 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
5 to 18weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 217 people treated in the month.

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

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