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

At the end of June 2026, 8,911 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (59%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

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

People waiting
8,911
End of June 2026
Under 18 weeks
58.8%
England: 59%
Over 52 weeks
94
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

94 people (1.1%, roughly 1 in 91) 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 5.3% of everyone waiting at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on this list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 9 percentage points (50% to 59%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: up 2.5 points over 3 months (56.3% in March 2026); up 9 points over 6 months (49.8% in December 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

Improving · +9 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 202549.8%
August 202547.7%
September 202548.3%
October 202546.6%
November 202548.6%
December 202549.8%
January 202650.3%
February 202653.1%
March 202656.3%
April 202657.6%
May 202659.1%
June 202658.8%

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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202511,36549.8%258
August 202511,27947.7%242
September 202511,08248.3%219
October 202510,88846.6%282
November 202510,45348.6%227
December 202510,41449.8%196
January 202610,46450.3%204
February 20269,92853.1%153
March 20269,14556.3%92
April 20269,18257.6%97
May 20268,86759.1%124
June 20268,91158.8%94

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
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust4.3 mi9,32855%-3.8 pp
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust6.7 mi1,97963%+4.6 pp
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust6.7 mi3,97261%+2.6 pp
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust10.4 mi4,43852%-7.1 pp
East Cheshire NHS Trust14.3 mi1,59464%+4.9 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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