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Waiting times/Respiratory Medicine

Respiratory Medicine waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting respiratory medicine waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

11

week England average

16

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

189k

people waiting across 122 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 16 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn497%690
2North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol498%610
3Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath499%1,014
4Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London598%377
5Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley595%326
6Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds594%764
7Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford595%2,435
8Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford589%1,033
9Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool593%593
10The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne694%827
11Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead688%354
12University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal695%490
13Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge697%647
14Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge696%2,938
15Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester685%1,059
16Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe685%239
17Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley692%1,701
18Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester793%3,020
19East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage794%946
20Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport794%526
21Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth796%587
22The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton789%1,784
23Whittington Health NHS Trust London790%700
24University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London789%839
25Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading791%1,444
26Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton786%1,532
27South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough789%1,012
28North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough778%1,274
29Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne789%650
30Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath790%546
31Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford887%1,443
32Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick887%1,864
33The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley888%1,020
34University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton885%886
35The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley896%788
36Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering878%779
37Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate892%328
38Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro880%619
39East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester880%1,528
40The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham893%885
41The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Peterborough876%152
42United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln872%1,617
43Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London884%2,365
44Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield879%985
45Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes892%1,208
46Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield891%1,570
47Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall896%672
48Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London880%2,307
49Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton891%1,580
50Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool984%1,217
51Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield975%509
52Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields995%2,820
53Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester980%306
54George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton975%600
55Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham978%2,144
56University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing976%1,806
57South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland977%2,734
58West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford985%1,684
59Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford985%383
60Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill984%146
61Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham990%1,202
62Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone981%1,278
63University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby979%1,628
64Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot984%1,299
65Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London986%1,508
66University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester982%2,358
67Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby972%1,250
68Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton978%896
69Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford978%1,416
70Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport980%284
71Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill1074%1,114
72Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1080%879
73Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1072%2,029
74University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol1074%1,363
75Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton1069%1,317
76Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East Grinstead1098%188
77Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke1075%1,731
78The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1077%862
79King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1175%3,219
80Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1175%1,373
81Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester1178%1,302
82Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames1174%759
83Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford1171%1,133
84Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1169%972
85Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1168%1,482
86North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington1172%1,092
87Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1175%5,660
88University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent1172%5,131
89West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1174%638
90James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth1173%1,071
91Barts Health NHS Trust London1171%4,929
92East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea1172%2,377
93Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1169%2,858
94North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool1168%728
95University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry1172%2,602
96Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1169%1,287
97Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley1262%646
98University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth1267%1,867
99The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1273%929
100University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1266%2,929
101Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1268%852
102Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan1268%1,952
103Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton1368%3,493
104St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1363%3,253
105University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole1366%1,555
106County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1364%1,534
107North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle1363%682
108Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London1462%10,075
109The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1468%1,709
110London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow1462%3,454
111Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea1462%4,204
112Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham1460%910
113Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1459%860
114Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1459%1,119
115Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Shrewsbury1562%50
116Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1557%3,899
117The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1556%908
118Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1655%2,411
119East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1751%1,137
120East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury1851%4,913
121York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York1949%3,055
122South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick2047%1,122
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Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown — a median over a handful of patients says more about chance than about the queue. Some providers listed run community or single-procedure services rather than full surgical ones; check what a provider actually treats before asking to be referred.