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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,481 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (55%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
3,481
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
55.0%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
120
Median wait
16 wks
Published median for this list

120 people (3.4%, roughly 1 in 29) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 5.8% of everyone waiting at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Ear, nose and throat (ENT), NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 55% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 38.1% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
55%
3 months earlier · May 2026
52.8% then · change to latest +2.2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
42.4% then · change to latest +12.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
38.1% then · change to latest +16.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
46.3% then · change to latest +8.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202655%3,481
July 202653.1%3,558
June 202653.6%3,648
May 202652.8%3,628
April 202649.9%3,728
March 202648.6%3,766
February 202642.4%4,145
January 202640.6%4,364
December 202539.1%4,637
November 202539.1%4,654
October 202540.1%4,969
September 202540.5%5,096
August 202538.1%5,413
July 202537.5%5,674
June 202538.3%5,790
May 202539.2%5,647
April 202539.2%5,488
March 202541.8%5,377
February 202543.1%5,382
January 202544.4%5,341
December 202444.9%5,275
November 202445.4%5,131
October 202445.9%5,054
September 202446.2%5,010
August 202445.8%5,114
July 202446.5%5,081
June 202445.9%4,995
May 202446.9%4,921
April 202446.3%4,912
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering ear, nose and throat (ent) within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust22.9 mi6,06155%+0.1 pp
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust24.4 mi2,98264%+9.3 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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