Ears, nose and throat at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Lister ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 26 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 55% are within 18 weeks.

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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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS 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 202417.049.913.9
October 202416.855.514.0
November 202422.363.613.4
December 202420.869.813.8
January 202515.639.113.8
February 202520.438.513.6
March 202514.135.813.6
April 202514.134.512.9
May 202514.336.512.8
June 20259.440.912.9
July 20257.340.914.3
August 20258.642.115.8
September 202513.743.216.4
October 202519.044.015.8
November 202518.645.315.8
December 202526.245.615.4
January 202616.949.415.6
February 202630.347.514.9
March 202638.348.314.0
April 202625.348.213.9
May 202619.849.514.5
June 202628.947.714.9
July 202635.546.514.4
August 202625.653.115.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 24.1 miles away

3 to 14weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 63 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Bushey Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.5 miles away

3 to 29weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 57 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Harpenden Hospital

Independent hospital, 9.2 miles away

3 to 30weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 77 people treated in the month.

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