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Know Your Wait

NHS Lothian

Thoracic Surgery

Organisation code: S08000024

New Outpatient

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 3 weeks (24 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 1 week (10 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

32 of 32 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

0 people had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Inpatient/Day case

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 9 weeks (62 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 21 weeks (146 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

60 of 105 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

19 people had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Hospital sites

This health board runs the following hospital sites:

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Midlothian)
  • St John's Hospital (West Lothian)
  • Western General Hospital (Midlothian)