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

At the end of August 2026, 3,880 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (58%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

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

People waiting
3,880
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
57.5%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
1
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

1 people (0.0%) 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 11.1% of everyone waiting at Stockport 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: 57.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 48.6% 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
57.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
62% then · change to latest -4.5 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
59.6% then · change to latest -2.1 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
48.6% then · change to latest +8.9 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
59.1% then · change to latest -1.6 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202657.5%3,880
July 202659.8%3,988
June 202661.4%3,972
May 202662%4,035
April 202662.7%4,049
March 202661.3%4,009
February 202659.6%4,070
January 202657.8%3,959
December 202555.9%3,911
November 202552.8%4,091
October 202551.4%4,265
September 202549.3%4,313
August 202548.6%4,411
July 202550.4%4,516
June 202553.5%4,450
May 202554.6%4,493
April 202554%4,524
March 202554.7%4,490
February 202554.9%4,454
January 202554.4%4,463
December 202454.8%4,335
November 202454.8%4,385
October 202455%4,365
September 202452.8%4,340
August 202451.8%4,278
July 202453.6%4,459
June 202455.3%4,622
May 202456.8%4,420
April 202459.1%4,209
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
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust6.7 mi9,41258%+0.5 pp
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust7.9 mi1,79262%+4.2 pp
East Cheshire NHS Trust8.4 mi1,36562%+4.4 pp
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust10.7 mi9,75155%-2.7 pp
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust17 mi4,37251%-6.8 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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