Lungs and breathing at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary respiratory medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 34 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 67% 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 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals 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 202419.246.315.4
October 202416.647.715.6
November 202421.551.514.9
December 202420.748.814.4
January 202520.549.413.6
February 202521.047.513.5
March 202519.344.111.8
April 202516.844.312.0
May 202517.540.912.3
June 202514.139.412.3
July 202514.643.612.8
August 202515.641.314.4
September 202517.543.313.7
October 202517.136.213.2
November 202514.733.912.3
December 202512.735.712.2
January 202611.739.512.1
February 202612.239.110.4
March 202612.039.09.3
April 202612.337.710.0
May 20268.831.711.6
June 202613.937.111.9
July 202615.635.211.5
August 202612.834.311.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E
6 to 19weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 885 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.7 miles away

6 to 25weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 177 people treated in the month.

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

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