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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

At the end of June 2026, 8,150 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (56%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
8,150
End of June 2026
Under 18 weeks
56.3%
England: 59%
Over 52 weeks
365
Median wait
16 wks
Published median for this list

365 people (4.5%, roughly 1 in 22) 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 10% of everyone waiting at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on this list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 13.6 percentage points (43% to 56%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: up 11.8 points over 3 months (44.5% in March 2026); up 16.1 points over 6 months (40.2% in December 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

Improving · +13.6 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.

View these figures as a table
Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202542.7%
August 202541.5%
September 202540%
October 202537.7%
November 202538.8%
December 202540.2%
January 202639.2%
February 202642.4%
March 202644.5%
April 202644.8%
May 202648.3%
June 202656.3%

Month-to-month movements of less than two percentage points are treated as normal variation rather than a real change in direction.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly Ear, nose and throat (ENT) figures at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202510,07242.7%378
August 202510,03241.5%375
September 20259,81340.0%350
October 20259,91337.7%417
November 202510,01138.8%424
December 20259,78440.2%423
January 20269,48239.2%475
February 20269,42342.4%492
March 20268,97644.5%493
April 20269,05644.8%487
May 20268,27748.3%386
June 20268,15056.3%365

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
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6.2 mi3,17647%-9.2 pp
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust6.9 mi10,13860%+3.3 pp
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust6.9 mi3,79052%-4.3 pp
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust7.5 mi7,60563%+6.3 pp
Whittington Health NHS Trust7.9 mi2,36662%+5.2 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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