Ears, nose and throat at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Southmead and Bristol Eye ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 43 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 66% are within 18 weeks.

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10 to 43weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 1,160 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Ear, nose and throat at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202410.845.811.8
October 202411.647.112.4
November 202414.145.811.1
December 20249.444.411.6
January 202510.239.711.0
February 202514.442.611.6
March 20258.445.311.2
April 20259.241.611.8
May 20258.440.911.9
June 20257.939.813.1
July 20259.642.713.5
August 202515.240.914.6
September 202515.041.614.7
October 202514.442.014.4
November 202515.546.212.9
December 202514.142.413.5
January 202614.744.613.5
February 202612.043.912.9
March 20269.042.711.0
April 20269.246.111.4
May 202610.745.211.7
June 202611.240.711.0
July 20269.142.611.6
August 202610.442.812.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 51weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 51 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 419 people treated in the month.

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