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Ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 7,389 people were on the Ear, nose and throat (ENT) at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (56%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ear, nose and throat (ENT) across England

People waiting
7,389
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
55.5%
England: 56.8%
Over 52 weeks
109
Median wait
16 wks
Published median for this list

109 people (1.5%, roughly 1 in 67) 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 12.8% of everyone waiting at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals 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: 55.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 45.7% 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
55.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
55% then · change to latest +0.5 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
49.6% then · change to latest +5.9 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
45.7% then · change to latest +9.7 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
48.6% then · change to latest +6.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202655.5%7,389
July 202653.9%7,569
June 202655.8%7,552
May 202655%7,221
April 202652.7%7,460
March 202651.8%7,658
February 202649.6%7,940
January 202647.1%8,023
December 202545.8%8,399
November 202545.2%8,585
October 202544.1%8,742
September 202545.6%8,782
August 202545.7%8,728
July 202546.4%8,578
June 202548.4%8,175
May 202548.7%7,807
April 202547.7%7,645
March 202547.1%6,883
February 202544.8%6,007
January 202542.3%5,567
December 202446.8%6,082
November 202448.6%6,017
October 202449.9%5,903
September 202449.4%5,988
August 202450.7%5,933
July 202450.3%5,896
June 202449.2%5,963
May 202450.1%5,910
April 202448.6%5,748
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
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust17.7 mi2,81057%+1.6 pp
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust21.1 mi3,26457%+1.3 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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