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.

112 trusts. Data: August 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 TrustSouthampton4.3 wks97.6%
2King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.1 wks93.5%
3East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.4 wks78.8%
4Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead8.9 wks76.0%
5South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland9.0 wks81.9%
6The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham10.7 wks68.0%
7Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro10.8 wks74.5%
8Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield10.8 wks71.1%
9Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon10.9 wks65.8%
10The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne11.2 wks73.1%
11University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal11.2 wks70.0%
12Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport11.2 wks68.5%
13Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton11.4 wks73.9%
14Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool11.6 wks69.9%
15Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.9 wks68.6%
16Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.1 wks66.0%
17County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington12.1 wks70.2%
18Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading12.2 wks71.7%
19Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol12.4 wks66.2%
20The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow12.4 wks69.3%
21Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham12.6 wks67.1%
22Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield12.6 wks63.0%
23Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke12.7 wks65.4%
24University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham12.8 wks67.7%
25London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow12.8 wks61.9%
26Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley12.8 wks63.8%
27Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne12.8 wks61.8%
28Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames12.9 wks63.6%
29East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield12.9 wks62.0%
30Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.0 wks66.8%
31Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester13.0 wks65.6%
32North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle13.1 wks62.7%
33Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley13.1 wks63.9%
34Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon13.2 wks62.4%
35Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley13.3 wks63.8%
36Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe13.4 wks61.5%
37University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.5 wks61.3%
38Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford13.6 wks63.4%
39Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston13.6 wks66.1%
40West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds13.7 wks64.3%
41East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea13.8 wks60.6%
42Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield13.9 wks64.6%
43Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham13.9 wks62.3%
44University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton14.1 wks58.4%
45Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot14.3 wks59.4%
46Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering14.3 wks64.6%
47Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford14.3 wks61.8%
48The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn14.4 wks58.0%
49Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport14.5 wks57.5%
50The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury14.6 wks59.7%
51Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford14.7 wks59.8%
52Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford14.9 wks58.1%
53Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester15.1 wks58.0%
54Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill15.1 wks58.0%
55Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey15.1 wks59.0%
56Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath15.1 wks60.5%
57South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick15.1 wks58.9%
58Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon15.1 wks58.5%
59Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds15.1 wks56.8%
60Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby15.2 wks57.1%
61St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.2 wks57.4%
62Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury15.2 wks57.1%
63Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester15.3 wks56.6%
64University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent15.4 wks55.9%
65Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate15.5 wks56.9%
66Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge15.6 wks55.0%
67Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield15.7 wks55.5%
68East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage15.7 wks55.1%
69University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole15.7 wks55.9%
70Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton15.7 wks54.5%
71Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth15.8 wks55.6%
72Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury15.8 wks56.9%
73Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford15.9 wks54.8%
74Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham15.9 wks55.7%
75York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork15.9 wks55.5%
76Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham15.9 wks55.7%
77South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough16.1 wks54.9%
78Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath16.3 wks54.3%
79North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington16.5 wks54.4%
80North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough16.6 wks54.0%
81Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.7 wks54.3%
82Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton17.1 wks53.3%
83The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton17.1 wks52.7%
84Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral17.2 wks52.4%
85Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone17.4 wks52.5%
86Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter17.4 wks51.7%
87The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley17.4 wks51.4%
88The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge17.4 wks51.8%
89East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester17.5 wks51.3%
90University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby17.5 wks51.3%
91Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon17.5 wks51.5%
92Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool17.7 wks50.6%
93Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton17.7 wks50.8%
94Barts Health NHS TrustLondon17.8 wks50.5%
95Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster17.9 wks50.2%
96Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon18.0 wks49.9%
97Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon18.1 wks49.7%
98Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull18.4 wks48.9%
99Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford18.7 wks48.7%
100Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan18.7 wks48.3%
101Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester18.8 wks48.0%
102University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester18.8 wks48.2%
103West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford19.6 wks47.0%
104Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes20.3 wks44.7%
105United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln20.5 wks44.3%
106University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing21.0 wks44.5%
107James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth21.0 wks40.9%
108East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury21.2 wks42.9%
109University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry23.1 wks39.4%
110George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton23.4 wks39.8%
111Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick23.9 wks38.6%
112Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea24.5 wks40.4%

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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