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The longest median ENT wait in England is at Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: about 57 weeks. The national median is 25 weeks.

The typical wait shown is the median: half waited less, half waited longer. Ranked by median wait, NHS RTT, July 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
Typical wait
Mean
1 in 5 wait longer than
Patients waiting
#1Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
57 wks
42 wks
63 wks
67
#2West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
54 wks
41 wks
61 wks
91
#3Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
54 wks
41 wks
64 wks
116
#4Barts Health NHS Trust
53 wks
45 wks
62 wks
129
#5East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
51 wks
38 wks
58 wks
281
#6Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
50 wks
46 wks
58 wks
61
#7Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
50 wks
39 wks
57 wks
86
#8The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
49 wks
42 wks
60 wks
114
#9Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust
47 wks
41 wks
56 wks
306
#10Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
46 wks
37 wks
60 wks
139
#11Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
45 wks
35 wks
54 wks
126
#12West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
45 wks
36 wks
51 wks
111
#13East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
44 wks
37 wks
51 wks
101
#14University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
43 wks
39 wks
62 wks
103
#15Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
42 wks
37 wks
59 wks
95
#16Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
41 wks
32 wks
49 wks
79
#17Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
40 wks
36 wks
62 wks
103
#18Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
40 wks
36 wks
61 wks
89
#19Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
39 wks
36 wks
59 wks
185
#20Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
38 wks
34 wks
52 wks
54
#21Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
38 wks
30 wks
50 wks
64
#22The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
37 wks
30 wks
45 wks
86
#23Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
37 wks
35 wks
62 wks
120
#24Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
36 wks
33 wks
54 wks
195
#25The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust
36 wks
35 wks
59 wks
79
#26Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
34 wks
33 wks
56 wks
119
#27University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust
34 wks
30 wks
47 wks
244
#28Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
34 wks
32 wks
46 wks
84
#29Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
34 wks
34 wks
64 wks
157
#30University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust
34 wks
36 wks
63 wks
81
#31Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
34 wks
33 wks
57 wks
73
#32Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
33 wks
30 wks
53 wks
108
#33Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
32 wks
28 wks
42 wks
187
#34East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
32 wks
30 wks
46 wks
194
#35Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
32 wks
27 wks
45 wks
82
#36The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust
32 wks
27 wks
42 wks
113
#37Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
31 wks
31 wks
52 wks
132
#38York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
31 wks
30 wks
53 wks
139
#39Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
31 wks
33 wks
58 wks
97
#40University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
31 wks
30 wks
48 wks
217
#41University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
30 wks
32 wks
58 wks
112
#42Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
29 wks
29 wks
49 wks
94
#43Wye Valley NHS Trust
29 wks
28 wks
48 wks
52
#44James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
29 wks
38 wks
69 wks
40
#45Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
29 wks
27 wks
46 wks
139
#46Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
28 wks
38 wks
71 wks
152
#47The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
28 wks
28 wks
51 wks
114
#48North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
28 wks
29 wks
51 wks
46
#49Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
28 wks
44 wks
73 wks
168
#50Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
28 wks
26 wks
45 wks
77
#51London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
27 wks
29 wks
53 wks
231
#52Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
27 wks
27 wks
46 wks
193
#53The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
27 wks
31 wks
57 wks
115
#54Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
26 wks
27 wks
49 wks
103
#55East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
26 wks
29 wks
49 wks
104
#56Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
26 wks
25 wks
42 wks
177
#57Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
25 wks
27 wks
46 wks
89
#58Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
25 wks
28 wks
52 wks
81
#59Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
25 wks
27 wks
46 wks
92
#60Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
25 wks
26 wks
43 wks
161
#61Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
25 wks
25 wks
40 wks
207
#62Medway NHS Foundation Trust
25 wks
24 wks
39 wks
166
#63University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
25 wks
25 wks
36 wks
62
#64Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
24 wks
29 wks
59 wks
214
#65North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
24 wks
26 wks
46 wks
179
#66Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
24 wks
29 wks
53 wks
160
#67Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
22 wks
30 wks
56 wks
131
#68Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
21 wks
21 wks
34 wks
43
#69South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
20 wks
19 wks
26 wks
196
#70Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
20 wks
24 wks
50 wks
67
#71South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
20 wks
27 wks
50 wks
76
#72Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
19 wks
24 wks
46 wks
138
#73Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
18 wks
25 wks
47 wks
240
#74Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
18 wks
27 wks
50 wks
256
#75County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
18 wks
19 wks
29 wks
68
#76St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
18 wks
21 wks
40 wks
167
#77The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
17 wks
20 wks
34 wks
337
#78East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
17 wks
21 wks
43 wks
142
#79Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
17 wks
25 wks
47 wks
129
#80North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
17 wks
23 wks
43 wks
45
#81Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
16 wks
18 wks
31 wks
151
#82University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust
16 wks
24 wks
46 wks
158
#83Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust
16 wks
22 wks
37 wks
131
#84Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
15 wks
23 wks
44 wks
217
#85University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
13 wks
20 wks
36 wks
190
#86Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
13 wks
21 wks
47 wks
199
#87University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
13 wks
20 wks
38 wks
208
#88Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12 wks
19 wks
34 wks
121
#89Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
12 wks
18 wks
32 wks
58
#90Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
11 wks
20 wks
42 wks
97
#91Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
11 wks
16 wks
29 wks
98
#92University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
11 wks
17 wks
29 wks
66
#93King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
11 wks
15 wks
27 wks
46
#94Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
11 wks
18 wks
33 wks
137
#95Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10 wks
18 wks
37 wks
124
#96South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10 wks
14 wks
25 wks
164
#97Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
9 wks
18 wks
35 wks
80
#98Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
9 wks
13 wks
23 wks
59
#99Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
9 wks
24 wks
59 wks
64
#100Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
8 wks
19 wks
43 wks
70
#101United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
7 wks
14 wks
20 wks
90
#102Isle Of Wight NHS Trust
7 wks
12 wks
24 wks
52
#103Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
4 wks
7 wks
12 wks
61

Ranked by median wait, NHS RTT, July 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), July 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 (0 this month). Provider type: NHS England Oversight Framework (Sep 2025). Trusts with fewer than 30 patients on the pathway are excluded from the ranking (7 excluded this month): too few to rank one hospital against another reliably. 103 trusts are ranked.

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