NHS league table

ENT waiting times, by hospital

The longest median ENT wait in England is at Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: about 26 weeks. The national median is 15 weeks.

Ranked by median wait, NHS RTT, May 2026.

What this table does not tell you

A longer wait does not mean worse care. A trust can appear near the top because it treats more complex cases, serves a more deprived population, or is a regional specialist centre taking the referrals others can't. This table measures one thing only — the median wait for the whole ENT pathway — and says nothing about the quality of treatment, outcomes, or how ill the patients are. Read it as a map of where the queues are, not a judgement of any hospital. It ranks acute NHS trusts only — community and mental-health trusts run MSK triage and refer surgery out, so their figures are not comparable and are excluded (method below).

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The # is each trust's median rank(worst = #1). It stays fixed when you sort by another column, so it won't match the row order under a Mean or Patients sort.

Trust

Median

Mean

1 in 5 wait longer than

Patients waiting

#1Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

26 wks

28 wks

48 wks

16,108

#2University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust

23 wks

25 wks

43 wks

9,008

#3George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

23 wks

24 wks

39 wks

2,257

#4James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

22 wks

26 wks

45 wks

3,626

#5Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

20 wks

22 wks

36 wks

7,211

#6Barts Health NHS Trust

20 wks

22 wks

37 wks

6,228

#7West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

20 wks

23 wks

36 wks

3,289

#8The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

20 wks

22 wks

33 wks

3,572

#9London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

19 wks

22 wks

37 wks

8,276

#10East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

21 wks

35 wks

9,071

#11University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

21 wks

35 wks

7,661

#12Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

21 wks

35 wks

4,513

#13Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

19 wks

31 wks

2,219

#14Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

21 wks

34 wks

6,273

#15The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

18 wks

21 wks

33 wks

5,829

#16United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

18 wks

20 wks

33 wks

9,715

#17Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

18 wks

21 wks

34 wks

7,880

#18Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

18 wks

21 wks

34 wks

6,775

#19Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

18 wks

23 wks

42 wks

2,634

#20The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

21 wks

34 wks

3,186

#21Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

18 wks

20 wks

32 wks

8,797

#22Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

17 wks

22 wks

37 wks

3,738

#23Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

21 wks

35 wks

4,936

#24University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

17 wks

21 wks

37 wks

7,254

#25Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

20 wks

35 wks

3,628

#26Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

20 wks

35 wks

5,241

#27Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

18 wks

30 wks

4,993

#28Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

19 wks

32 wks

2,867

#29Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

17 wks

21 wks

35 wks

5,341

#30North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

31 wks

7,677

#31Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

33 wks

2,999

#32University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

30 wks

9,226

#33York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

31 wks

7,221

#34East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

18 wks

30 wks

10,286

#35Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

28 wks

4,547

#36Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

32 wks

5,786

#37South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

18 wks

31 wks

6,899

#38Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

16 wks

21 wks

38 wks

6,976

#39Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

31 wks

9,193

#40Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

19 wks

32 wks

7,051

#41South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

18 wks

29 wks

3,836

#42Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

31 wks

4,044

#43Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

31 wks

7,397

#44North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

30 wks

3,257

#45Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

29 wks

8,832

#46Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

15 wks

18 wks

31 wks

4,477

#47Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

30 wks

5,867

#48Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

30 wks

3,623

#49University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

30 wks

6,870

#50Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

29 wks

10,362

#51Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

19 wks

31 wks

5,094

#52Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

29 wks

3,262

#53Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

15 wks

18 wks

30 wks

7,382

#54Isle Of Wight NHS Trust

15 wks

18 wks

32 wks

1,064

#55Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

18 wks

29 wks

2,895

#56Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

16 wks

27 wks

5,548

#57East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

15 wks

18 wks

31 wks

5,722

#58The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

16 wks

28 wks

4,771

#59Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

16 wks

26 wks

5,387

#60East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

14 wks

17 wks

30 wks

5,773

#61Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

14 wks

18 wks

28 wks

5,785

#62University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

17 wks

29 wks

5,680

#63Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

18 wks

31 wks

4,228

#64St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

16 wks

27 wks

4,780

#65Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

14 wks

16 wks

27 wks

8,273

#66Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

16 wks

28 wks

4,034

#67University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust

14 wks

19 wks

34 wks

4,031

#68Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

16 wks

27 wks

4,604

#69Wye Valley NHS Trust

13 wks

17 wks

28 wks

2,326

#70Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

15 wks

24 wks

1,278

#71Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

13 wks

17 wks

29 wks

5,711

#72Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

13 wks

16 wks

26 wks

5,828

#73East Cheshire NHS Trust

13 wks

17 wks

26 wks

1,643

#74University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

18 wks

30 wks

1,686

#75Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

15 wks

25 wks

3,323

#76Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

13 wks

16 wks

26 wks

6,626

#77The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

13 wks

16 wks

27 wks

4,343

#78Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

16 wks

26 wks

3,897

#79Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

13 wks

17 wks

29 wks

8,207

#80North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

15 wks

24 wks

3,701

#81Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

17 wks

29 wks

5,581

#82Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

14 wks

24 wks

1,905

#83The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

13 wks

19 wks

36 wks

3,191

#84Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

15 wks

24 wks

2,921

#85Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

16 wks

27 wks

3,397

#86Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

15 wks

24 wks

3,311

#87Whittington Health NHS Trust

13 wks

20 wks

2,431

#88Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

28 wks

3,417

#89Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

26 wks

3,413

#90Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

24 wks

5,454

#91Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

27 wks

2,612

#92University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

16 wks

27 wks

8,244

#93Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

12 wks

15 wks

24 wks

2,735

#94Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

15 wks

25 wks

3,115

#95County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

14 wks

21 wks

3,588

#96Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

15 wks

24 wks

2,967

#97University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

14 wks

25 wks

5,253

#98Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

15 wks

24 wks

5,145

#99Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

13 wks

21 wks

2,486

#100Medway NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

12 wks

19 wks

4,298

#101University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

11 wks

14 wks

23 wks

4,058

#102University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

15 wks

24 wks

3,609

#103West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

14 wks

23 wks

3,037

#104Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

11 wks

13 wks

21 wks

2,336

#105Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

12 wks

18 wks

3,593

#106The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

12 wks

19 wks

8,470

#107Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

9 wks

12 wks

19 wks

3,159

#108The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

14 wks

24 wks

2,391

#109South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

10 wks

17 wks

5,210

#110East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

8 wks

11 wks

18 wks

3,626

#111Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

11 wks

17 wks

152

#112King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

12 wks

25 wks

622

Ranked by median wait, NHS RTT, May 2026. #1 is the longest median wait.

Method & source

Ranked by median wait for the ENT pathway (NHS treatment function C_120), NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT), May 2026. Median, mean, and the 1-in-5 figure (the 80th percentile) are derived from the published RTT week-band data. Acute NHS trusts only — community and mental-health trusts run MSK triage and refer surgery out, so their ENT figures are not comparable to an acute surgical trust's and are excluded (2 this month). Provider type: NHS England Oversight Framework (Sep 2025). Trusts with fewer than 30 patients on the pathway are excluded from the ranking (1 excluded this month) — too few to rank one hospital against another reliably. 112 trusts are ranked.

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