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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 7,922 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (62%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
7,922
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
62.4%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
3
Median wait
14 wks
Published median for this list

3 people (0.0%) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 5.7 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 9.4% of everyone waiting at Imperial College Healthcare NHS 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: 62.4% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 56.5% 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
62.4%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.4% then · change to latest +1 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
60% then · change to latest +2.5 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
56.5% then · change to latest +6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
57% then · change to latest +5.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202662.4%7,922
July 202660.2%7,672
June 202662.6%7,605
May 202661.4%8,284
April 202658.9%8,156
March 202660.6%8,299
February 202660%8,642
January 202657.8%8,672
December 202558.2%8,642
November 202557.7%8,640
October 202557.8%8,178
September 202557.7%8,292
August 202556.5%8,125
July 202559.2%7,551
June 202561%7,240
May 202560.1%6,944
April 202562%6,971
March 202562%6,753
February 202563.2%6,382
January 202563.2%6,353
December 202464.3%6,019
November 202466.5%5,988
October 202467.2%6,047
September 202464.6%5,882
August 202463.8%5,739
July 202465.5%5,680
June 202458.7%6,365
May 202457.6%6,985
April 202457%7,014
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
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1.7 mi7,62161%-1.2 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2.3 mi5,47851%-11 pp
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust2.5 mi9,11254%-8.2 pp
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2.7 mi5,45566%+3.6 pp
Whittington Health NHS Trust3.7 mi2,60650%-12.6 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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