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Respiratory medicine waiting times at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,162 people were on the Respiratory medicine at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (76%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · NHS trust · Respiratory medicine across England

People waiting
1,162
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
75.6%
England: 74.1%
Over 52 weeks
15
Median wait
10 wks
Published median for this list

15 people (1.3%, roughly 1 in 77) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 2% of everyone waiting at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Respiratory medicine, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Respiratory medicine at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 75.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 56.3% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
75.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
70% then · change to latest +5.5 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
62.4% then · change to latest +13.1 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
56.3% then · change to latest +19.3 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
66.8% then · change to latest +8.8 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202675.6%1,162
July 202671.4%1,288
June 202669%1,317
May 202670%1,334
April 202667.2%1,242
March 202668.8%1,131
February 202662.4%1,278
January 202657.8%1,279
December 202553.7%1,354
November 202551.6%1,404
October 202551.2%1,486
September 202553.1%1,553
August 202556.3%1,642
July 202557.8%1,640
June 202561.8%1,661
May 202564.9%1,569
April 202562%1,405
March 202565.2%1,451
February 202561.9%1,385
January 202564.7%1,347
December 202463.5%1,293
November 202461.9%1,309
October 202460.3%1,223
September 202460.8%1,184
August 202458.5%1,187
July 202464.2%1,207
June 202466.1%1,189
May 202466.5%1,240
April 202466.8%1,253
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering respiratory medicine within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Respiratory medicine
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3.2 mi3,37364%-11.3 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust3.3 mi99198%+22.5 pp
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust4.9 mi82967%-8.7 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi3,20372%-3.9 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi1,58684%+8.7 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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