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Waiting times/Ear Nose and Throat

Ear Nose and Throat waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting ear nose and throat waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

15

week England average

24

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

594k

people waiting across 155 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 24 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1The Living Care Group Leeds1100%821
2Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Southampton3100%51
3Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden4100%55
4Spire Cheshire Hospital Warrington496%56
5Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill583%475
6Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool583%99
7Epsomedical Group Cobham690%193
8Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool698%406
9King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London679%703
10Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth688%168
11Benenden Hospital Cranbrook680%124
12Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London790%288
13Beacon Medical Services Group Limited Manchester799%3,051
14Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital London780%76
15Renacres Hospital Ormskirk766%133
16Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol787%218
17Beardwood Hospital Blackburn785%114
18Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey795%57
19East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn781%3,598
20University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service Southampton770%189
21The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Peterborough876%206
22Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East Grinstead886%161
23Woodlands Hospital Darlington888%220
24Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow892%591
25Fairfield Independent Hospital St. Helens880%183
26South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland883%5,143
27Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford972%257
28Buckshaw Hospital Chorley979%790
29Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro978%3,322
30The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne979%8,691
31The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham1073%2,401
32Communitas Clinics Thornton Heath1081%3,848
33Inhealth Limited Beaconsfield1080%826
34Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton1076%2,323
35Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading1081%3,354
36Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull1074%129
37The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley1072%600
38University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth1073%4,073
39University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal1073%3,595
40University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol1168%5,396
41County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1172%3,770
42West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1170%3,008
43Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham1175%4,445
44Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall1171%2,716
45Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1167%3,264
46University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1169%8,509
47Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston1268%3,169
48The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1267%3,267
49Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield1268%2,560
50Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley1267%5,212
51Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London1266%2,665
52Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke1267%3,274
53Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate1269%2,577
54Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester1271%2,739
55Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley1265%3,456
56Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield1267%3,403
57Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley1365%1,273
58University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton1361%1,718
59North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle1369%3,494
60Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1364%3,331
61Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport1361%1,001
62Springfield Hospital Chelmsford1366%918
63Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Shrewsbury1370%312
64Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill1363%780
65Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Deal1363%280
66Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham1365%8,167
67Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford1365%5,643
68East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea1361%5,484
69Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield1364%5,229
70Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot1464%7,010
71St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1462%5,114
72Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames1464%3,933
73Claremont Private Hospital Sheffield1461%236
74Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes1464%77
75Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby1463%5,580
76Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London1463%7,599
77Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe1463%4,661
78East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1464%1,594
79Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London1460%5,682
80Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1466%5,637
81Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone1462%5,893
82Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport1461%3,971
83Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1463%4,763
84Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne1463%1,979
85University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent1459%4,031
86University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1460%6,920
87Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1460%4,369
88Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford1463%2,384
89Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1460%2,932
90Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill1461%5,957
91Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester1559%8,871
92University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole1560%6,045
93South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick1560%3,884
94The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1562%4,281
95Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford1560%3,230
96Beaumont Hospital Bolton1560%257
97Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham1560%5,494
98Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton1558%4,841
99Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1560%10,137
100East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage1558%5,724
101The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley1560%4,766
102Whittington Health NHS Trust London1562%2,366
103Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1558%3,505
104Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds1555%3,437
105Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet1552%227
106Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1558%7,352
107London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow1656%8,148
108South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough1656%7,051
109York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York1656%7,552
110Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath1663%600
111Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton1656%7,724
112Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth1655%7,049
113North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington1657%3,438
114East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1656%10,393
115Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1656%4,059
116North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1656%7,803
117The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton1656%6,492
118Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1655%9,314
119Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford1655%7,117
120University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby1654%9,405
121Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1655%5,610
122Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester1754%3,015
123Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge1754%3,648
124Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London1753%8,920
125Omnes Healthcare Ltd Salford1754%10,617
126Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1753%4,857
127Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath1754%2,884
128Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes1753%4,602
129Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering1754%2,425
130University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester1752%7,174
131Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool1753%5,267
132Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton1753%5,039
133The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1752%3,790
134Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan1752%4,921
135Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton1752%4,438
136Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1851%6,591
137The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1851%3,085
138Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1851%6,514
139Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester1850%8,148
140United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln1949%9,928
141University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing1949%7,999
142Oaks Hospital Colchester1945%75
143East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury1947%9,243
144West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1947%3,176
145Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath2047%2,212
146Barts Health NHS Trust London2047%6,241
147Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton2042%1,639
148Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth2040%198
149Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick2143%7,414
150Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital Brentwood2144%334
151James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth2243%3,557
152George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton2240%2,261
153University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry2340%9,019
154Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea2438%15,733
155Modality Llp Wolverhampton390%240
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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.