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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,017 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (64%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
4,017
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.6%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
29
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

29 people (0.7%, roughly 1 in 143) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 6.8 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 10.5% of everyone waiting at Kingston and Richmond 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: 63.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 42% 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
63.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
63% then · change to latest +0.6 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
51.6% then · change to latest +12 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
42% then · change to latest +21.7 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
62.9% then · change to latest +0.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202663.6%4,017
July 202664.4%3,959
June 202664.1%3,937
May 202663%3,898
April 202659%3,973
March 202656.9%3,905
February 202651.6%4,400
January 202645.6%4,314
December 202544.9%4,325
November 202547.8%4,471
October 202548.3%4,841
September 202544.4%4,801
August 202542%5,115
July 202542.2%5,227
June 202547.5%5,224
May 202551.2%5,360
April 202557.7%5,555
March 202559.4%5,188
February 202559.8%4,851
January 202560.1%4,692
December 202457.7%4,849
November 202459.4%4,726
October 202462.5%4,435
September 202457.1%3,683
August 202463.1%4,156
July 202463.6%4,239
June 202465.2%4,704
May 202466.3%4,783
April 202462.9%4,637
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
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4.7 mi5,25157%-6.2 pp
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust4.9 mi2,34174%+10.3 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust6.5 mi5,47851%-12.2 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust7.7 mi2,19654%-9.4 pp
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust8.5 mi7,92262%-1.2 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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