NHS waiting times · Respiratory medicine

Respiratory medicine NHS waiting times by hospital

The typical NHS wait for respiratory medicine is about 10 weeks: half of patients wait less, half longer. It varies a lot by hospital.

Respiratory medicine treats conditions of the lungs and breathing, such as asthma and COPD.

Updated July 2026 · NHS RTT data

We do not yet build a dashboard for Respiratory medicine. The NHS waiting times below are the fullest picture we have: find your hospital and see where the wait is shortest.

Trust

Typical wait

1 in 5 wait longer than

#1Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

2 wks

13 wks

#2Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

3 wks

14 wks

#3Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

3 wks

13 wks

#4Whittington Health NHS Trust

3 wks

12 wks

#5Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

3 wks

22 wks

#6Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

3 wks

11 wks

#7Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

4 wks

12 wks

#8Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust

4 wks

17 wks

#9North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

14 wks

#10Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

5 wks

10 wks

#11Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

18 wks

#12Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

11 wks

#13Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

11 wks

#14North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

17 wks

#15United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

5 wks

12 wks

#16South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

13 wks

#17The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

13 wks

#18Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

15 wks

#19Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

16 wks

#20University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

29 wks

#21Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

6 wks

13 wks

#22Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

14 wks

#23University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

14 wks

#24Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

7 wks

19 wks

#25Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

15 wks

#26Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

17 wks

#27Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

7 wks

17 wks

#28Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

7 wks

19 wks

#29Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

15 wks

#30West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

7 wks

22 wks

#31Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

14 wks

#32Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

7 wks

11 wks

#33East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

7 wks

16 wks

#34East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

8 wks

14 wks

#35Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

18 wks

#36University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

23 wks

#37Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

20 wks

#38Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust

9 wks

29 wks

#39Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

15 wks

#40Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

32 wks

#41Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

32 wks

#42University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

18 wks

#43Medway NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

39 wks

#44Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

9 wks

21 wks

#45Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

15 wks

#46East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

9 wks

32 wks

#47Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

20 wks

#48South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

21 wks

#49Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

39 wks

#50Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

10 wks

22 wks

#51University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

19 wks

#52Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

21 wks

#53Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

23 wks

#54Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

15 wks

#55Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

10 wks

21 wks

#56University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

32 wks

#57Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

23 wks

#58Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

18 wks

#59Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

10 wks

33 wks

#60Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

20 wks

#61Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

27 wks

#62Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

33 wks

#63George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

10 wks

20 wks

#64The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

10 wks

30 wks

#65Wye Valley NHS Trust

11 wks

19 wks

#66Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

11 wks

24 wks

#67Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

24 wks

#68Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

20 wks

#69Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

24 wks

#70West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

18 wks

#71The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

21 wks

#72Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

11 wks

19 wks

#73The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

11 wks

18 wks

#74James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

26 wks

#75Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

#76University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

29 wks

#77Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

26 wks

#78University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

12 wks

22 wks

#79York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

50 wks

#80Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

42 wks

#81Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

13 wks

25 wks

#82Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

18 wks

#83The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

23 wks

#84Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

20 wks

#85East Cheshire NHS Trust

14 wks

22 wks

#86Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

14 wks

23 wks

#87St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

33 wks

#88Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

39 wks

#89Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

36 wks

#90Barts Health NHS Trust

14 wks

34 wks

#91Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

39 wks

#92North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

38 wks

#93King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

24 wks

#94Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

15 wks

32 wks

#95Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

22 wks

#96North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

32 wks

#97The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

41 wks

#98Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

29 wks

#99East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

29 wks

#100Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

27 wks

#101Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

31 wks

#102County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

30 wks

#103Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

16 wks

19 wks

#104Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

20 wks

#105Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

17 wks

27 wks

#106The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

24 wks

#107University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust

18 wks

30 wks

#108The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

18 wks

28 wks

#109University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust

19 wks

32 wks

#110Isle Of Wight NHS Trust

19 wks

24 wks

#111South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

21 wks

54 wks

#112Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

23 wks

42 wks

#113London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

23 wks

47 wks

#114East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

32 wks

43 wks

#115Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

32 wks

42 wks

#116Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

32 wks

39 wks

Method & source

These are the waits for patients treated in clinic (the non-admitted completed RTT pathway), the right measure for a mainly outpatient specialty, where very few patients are admitted for treatment. Ranked fastest first by median wait for the respiratory medicine pathway (NHS treatment function C_340), NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT), July 2026. The typical wait is the median: half of patients waited less, half waited longer. Trusts with fewer than 30 patients on the pathway are excluded from the ranking (2 excluded this month), too few to rank one hospital against another reliably. 116 trusts are ranked. A longer wait does not mean worse care: it can reflect a more complex caseload or a regional specialist centre.

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