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.

115 trusts. Data: June 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 TrustSouthampton2.9 wks100.0%
2King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon6.1 wks78.7%
3East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.4 wks81.2%
4Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead7.7 wks85.7%
5South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland7.9 wks83.2%
6Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro9.3 wks77.7%
7The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne9.4 wks78.9%
8The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham9.6 wks73.0%
9Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton10.0 wks76.2%
10Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading10.1 wks81.2%
11University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth10.4 wks73.2%
12University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal10.4 wks73.0%
13Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol11.0 wks68.4%
14County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington11.1 wks72.4%
15West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds11.1 wks70.0%
16Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham11.2 wks74.6%
17Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.2 wks70.5%
18Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool11.3 wks66.9%
19University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham11.4 wks68.7%
20The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow11.5 wks67.1%
21Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston11.5 wks68.4%
22Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield11.5 wks67.5%
23Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley11.6 wks67.2%
24Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.7 wks65.7%
25Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke11.8 wks66.7%
26Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate12.0 wks69.3%
27Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley12.1 wks65.3%
28Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester12.1 wks71.2%
29Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield12.2 wks67.1%
30Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley12.7 wks65.1%
31North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle12.8 wks68.9%
32Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford12.8 wks64.4%
33University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton12.8 wks61.3%
34Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport13.0 wks61.4%
35Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury13.1 wks69.9%
36Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham13.2 wks64.7%
37Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford13.3 wks65.2%
38East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea13.3 wks61.4%
39Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield13.4 wks64.2%
40Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot13.5 wks63.7%
41St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.5 wks61.7%
42Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames13.5 wks64.1%
43Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby13.6 wks62.7%
44Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon13.7 wks62.6%
45Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe13.7 wks62.6%
46East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield13.7 wks63.7%
47Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone13.8 wks62.2%
48Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.8 wks59.6%
49Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.8 wks66.0%
50Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport13.8 wks61.4%
51Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham13.9 wks62.8%
52Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne13.9 wks63.4%
53University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent14.0 wks58.6%
54University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.1 wks59.7%
55Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey14.1 wks60.0%
56Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford14.1 wks62.5%
57Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury14.3 wks60.2%
58Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill14.4 wks60.8%
59Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.5 wks58.8%
60University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole14.5 wks60.4%
61South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick14.5 wks60.0%
62The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury14.6 wks61.7%
63Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford14.6 wks59.9%
64Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham14.7 wks60.4%
65Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton14.7 wks57.7%
66Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.9 wks59.7%
67East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage14.9 wks57.8%
68The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley15.0 wks59.9%
69Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon15.0 wks61.6%
70Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon15.1 wks57.8%
71Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds15.3 wks55.0%
72Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield15.4 wks57.9%
73London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow15.5 wks56.3%
74York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork15.6 wks55.8%
75South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough15.6 wks55.5%
76Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton15.7 wks56.3%
77Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth15.7 wks54.7%
78North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington15.7 wks56.9%
79East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester15.8 wks56.1%
80Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral15.8 wks55.9%
81North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough15.9 wks55.8%
82The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton15.9 wks56.0%
83Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford16.0 wks55.0%
84Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford16.2 wks54.5%
85University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby16.4 wks54.2%
86Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.4 wks54.7%
87Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester16.5 wks53.7%
88Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge16.6 wks53.6%
89Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon16.8 wks52.8%
90Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter16.9 wks52.7%
91Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes16.9 wks53.2%
92Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath16.9 wks53.7%
93Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering16.9 wks54.2%
94University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester17.0 wks52.2%
95Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool17.0 wks53.0%
96Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton17.1 wks52.5%
97The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge17.2 wks52.0%
98Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan17.4 wks51.6%
99Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton17.4 wks51.7%
100Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull17.6 wks51.0%
101The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn17.6 wks51.1%
102Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster17.7 wks50.5%
103Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester17.9 wks50.4%
104United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln18.5 wks48.7%
105University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing18.7 wks48.5%
106East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury19.1 wks47.0%
107West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford19.4 wks47.2%
108Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath19.6 wks47.4%
109Barts Health NHS TrustLondon19.8 wks46.5%
110Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick21.3 wks43.0%
111James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth21.5 wks43.0%
112George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton22.1 wks39.7%
113University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry22.6 wks40.3%
114Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea24.4 wks37.8%
115Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham41.5 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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