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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,933 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (51%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
4,933
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
51.4%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
18 wks
Published median for this list

No one on this list had been waiting more than 52 weeks in August 2026.

This hospital's published position is 5.3 percentage points behind 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 10.1% of everyone waiting at The Dudley Group 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 deteriorated

Published 18-week performance for Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at this organisation has deteriorated over the past 12 months: 51.4% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 59.5% 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
51.4%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.1% then · change to latest -9.6 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
58.5% then · change to latest -7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
59.5% then · change to latest -8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
66% then · change to latest -14.6 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202651.4%4,933
July 202655.3%4,950
June 202659.9%4,766
May 202661.1%4,771
April 202661.5%4,667
March 202661.2%4,494
February 202658.5%4,359
January 202658.4%4,197
December 202556.1%4,569
November 202555.6%4,675
October 202556.6%4,679
September 202558.7%4,616
August 202559.5%4,660
July 202560.3%4,560
June 202561.9%4,417
May 202560.1%4,467
April 202558.9%4,355
March 202557.7%4,436
February 202555.9%4,477
January 202553.4%4,426
December 202451.8%4,387
November 202452.1%4,428
October 202452.7%4,573
September 202454.6%4,646
August 202456.4%4,729
July 202459.2%4,659
June 202463%4,436
May 202465.3%4,235
April 202466%4,042
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
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust6.8 mi6,33453%+1.3 pp
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust7.1 mi7,46839%-12.9 pp
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust7.5 mi2,74669%+17.2 pp
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust8.1 mi8,45068%+16.3 pp
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust21.6 mi7,92848%-3.4 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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