Ears, nose and throat at East Cheshire NHS Trust

Macclesfield District General ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 19 to 40 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 62% are within 18 weeks.

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19 to 40weeks

Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 291 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 East Cheshire 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 202432.554.218.0
October 202428.554.119.1
November 202442.154.619.2
December 202441.556.320.1
January 202540.655.419.4
February 202537.855.020.5
March 202543.857.420.1
April 202535.549.820.7
May 202539.653.719.9
June 202538.349.721.1
July 202534.054.918.3
August 202531.954.817.6
September 202530.858.818.2
October 202532.058.816.9
November 202533.651.116.1
December 202520.860.417.8
January 202630.349.016.0
February 202631.744.911.0
March 202630.658.812.4
April 202623.457.113.1
May 202629.662.413.3
June 202621.556.813.7
July 202622.351.113.7
August 202619.240.412.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Beacon Medical Services Group Limited

Independent provider, 11.1 miles away

7 to 24weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 619 people treated in the month.

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 8.4 miles away

9 to 44weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 707 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Cheshire Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.7 miles away

9 to 46weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 44 people treated in the month.

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