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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at Whittington Health NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 2,606 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at Whittington Health NHS Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (50%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Whittington Health NHS Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
2,606
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
49.9%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
19 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 6.9 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 11.4% of everyone waiting at Whittington Health NHS 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: 49.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 59% 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
49.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
71.6% then · change to latest -21.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
60.6% then · change to latest -10.7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
59% then · change to latest -9.1 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
64.9% then · change to latest -15 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202649.9%2,606
July 202657.6%2,609
June 202661.6%2,366
May 202671.6%2,431
April 202676.6%2,171
March 202679.2%2,030
February 202660.6%2,682
January 202647.8%3,147
December 202550.5%3,149
November 202549.5%2,939
October 202549%2,717
September 202555.9%2,760
August 202559%2,700
July 202564.8%2,785
June 202568%2,471
May 202577.6%1,968
April 202559.4%855
March 202553.5%941
February 202547.7%1,018
January 202552%741
December 202450%626
November 202454%835
October 202458.8%866
September 202455.1%732
August 202466.9%752
July 202454.4%769
June 202460%910
May 202464.5%864
April 202464.9%969
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
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust1.5 mi9,11254%+4.4 pp
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2.8 mi7,62161%+11.4 pp
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust3.7 mi7,92262%+12.6 pp
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust4.1 mi2,50566%+15.9 pp
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust4.8 mi5,45566%+16.1 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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