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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 5,149 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (64%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
5,149
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.8%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
51
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

51 people (1.0%, roughly 1 in 100) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 7 percentage points better than the England figure 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 7.7% of everyone waiting at Frimley Health 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: 63.8% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 50.1% 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
63.8%
3 months earlier · May 2026
68.9% then · change to latest -5.1 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
60% then · change to latest +3.7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
50.1% then · change to latest +13.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
41.8% then · change to latest +21.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202663.8%5,149
July 202664.7%5,089
June 202667.2%5,212
May 202668.9%5,145
April 202666.2%5,270
March 202665.7%5,438
February 202660%5,358
January 202655.9%5,432
December 202552.6%5,830
November 202551.9%5,999
October 202551.4%6,052
September 202552.5%6,060
August 202550.1%6,104
July 202550.2%6,184
June 202552.2%6,152
May 202554.6%6,270
April 202555.4%6,112
March 202556.1%6,039
February 202549.6%7,082
January 202546.5%7,380
December 202443.6%7,636
November 202441.7%8,038
October 202439.9%8,634
September 202439.7%8,989
August 202438.5%9,548
July 202442.3%9,938
June 202443.2%9,534
May 202443.2%8,968
April 202441.8%8,599
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
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust8 mi3,09658%-5.8 pp
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust10.1 mi4,37459%-4.7 pp
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust13 mi2,87172%+8 pp
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust16.1 mi3,24665%+1.6 pp
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust18.7 mi3,65752%-11.9 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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