Respiratory Medicine waiting times at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

11week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 728 people on the respiratory medicine list here have been waiting longer than 11 weeks, half less. That is 1 week longer than a year ago. 8 of them have been waiting more than a year.

68%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

94 / 122

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week longer than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 27% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead	27 miles	6 wks	6 wks
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	32 miles	6 wks	6 wks
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	13 miles	7 wks	4 wks
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate	63 miles	8 wks	3 wks
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields	30 miles	9 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	6,724	8 wks
Gynaecology	2,915	17 wks
General Surgery	2,684	14 wks
Urology	2,145	11 wks
Other: Other Services	1,924	15 wks
Other: Paediatric Services	1,619	16 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.