HospitalCheck

Compare hospitals for ear nose and throat

Every NHS trust in England that reports ear nose and throat, compared side by side. Waiting-list figures are for incomplete pathways (people still waiting to start treatment).

The best hospital depends on what matters most to you — a shorter wait, a better outcome, or a shorter journey. Sort by each to compare.

114 trusts. Data: July 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics. CQC inspection ratings aren't shown here — see each trust's profile page, linked from every row.

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#TrustMedian waitWithin 18 wks
1Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton1.9 wks100.0%
2King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.3 wks88.7%
3Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead6.8 wks82.0%
4East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.2 wks77.5%
5South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland7.9 wks82.5%
6Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro10.1 wks76.2%
7The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne10.2 wks77.0%
8The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham10.3 wks70.1%
9Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield10.6 wks69.6%
10University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal10.7 wks70.6%
11Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton10.7 wks77.5%
12Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall10.8 wks71.6%
13Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading11.0 wks77.2%
14Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport11.2 wks67.5%
15County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington11.3 wks70.5%
16Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool11.3 wks68.5%
17Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.3 wks63.1%
18The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow11.4 wks70.0%
19Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol11.6 wks67.4%
20University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham11.7 wks68.6%
21Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley11.8 wks64.7%
22University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton11.9 wks61.3%
23Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.1 wks65.0%
24Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames12.1 wks64.4%
25Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke12.3 wks64.6%
26Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham12.4 wks69.7%
27West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds12.4 wks68.3%
28Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield12.5 wks64.7%
29Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston12.7 wks68.3%
30Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester12.7 wks67.6%
31East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea12.9 wks61.6%
32Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford13.0 wks63.8%
33Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley13.0 wks64.2%
34Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe13.1 wks61.7%
35Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering13.1 wks65.1%
36Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield13.3 wks64.6%
37Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.3 wks66.7%
38North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle13.3 wks63.5%
39University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.4 wks60.4%
40Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport13.5 wks59.8%
41Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford13.5 wks62.9%
42Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate13.5 wks64.0%
43Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley13.5 wks62.6%
44Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot13.7 wks61.7%
45East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield13.7 wks62.6%
46London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow14.0 wks59.3%
47Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon14.0 wks60.2%
48Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby14.0 wks59.5%
49Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham14.0 wks61.5%
50The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury14.0 wks60.7%
51Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds14.2 wks55.3%
52Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey14.3 wks59.0%
53University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent14.3 wks57.4%
54Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne14.3 wks59.4%
55East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage14.4 wks58.0%
56St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.4 wks58.9%
57Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon14.4 wks58.4%
58Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford14.4 wks59.2%
59Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth14.5 wks55.9%
60South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick14.5 wks58.8%
61Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.7 wks57.7%
62Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath14.7 wks61.0%
63Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford14.7 wks58.1%
64Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill14.8 wks57.5%
65Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham14.8 wks57.9%
66University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole14.9 wks58.5%
67Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury14.9 wks57.2%
68Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone15.0 wks59.4%
69Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton15.0 wks56.8%
70Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury15.0 wks61.5%
71Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield15.4 wks55.9%
72South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough15.4 wks55.4%
73North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington15.4 wks55.8%
74Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford15.6 wks54.8%
75The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn15.6 wks54.6%
76Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon15.7 wks57.6%
77Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham15.8 wks56.1%
78The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley15.8 wks55.3%
79Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton15.8 wks53.7%
80Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.9 wks56.0%
81York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork15.9 wks53.8%
82North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough16.0 wks53.9%
83Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge16.0 wks53.1%
84The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton16.1 wks54.1%
85Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester16.1 wks54.6%
86University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby16.4 wks52.6%
87Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton16.5 wks53.1%
88Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool17.0 wks52.6%
89Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral17.0 wks52.3%
90East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester17.1 wks52.6%
91Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon17.1 wks52.5%
92Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath17.1 wks52.2%
93Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford17.2 wks51.9%
94Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon17.5 wks51.4%
95Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter17.5 wks51.2%
96Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton17.5 wks51.3%
97The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge17.5 wks51.4%
98University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester17.7 wks50.8%
99Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan17.9 wks50.2%
100Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester18.1 wks49.6%
101Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull18.1 wks49.7%
102Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster18.4 wks48.8%
103Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes18.7 wks47.8%
104Barts Health NHS TrustLondon18.8 wks48.6%
105West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford18.8 wks48.2%
106United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln19.1 wks47.1%
107University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing20.0 wks45.6%
108East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury20.2 wks44.6%
109James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth21.7 wks42.1%
110Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick22.4 wks41.2%
111University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry22.7 wks39.6%
112George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton23.2 wks38.4%
113Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea24.4 wks38.2%
114Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham49.5 wks0.0%

Tip: for planned care you can usually ask to be referred to any trust — one with a higher “% within 18 weeks” may treat you sooner. Your right to choose.

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