Ears, nose and throat at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 27 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 51% 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 Suffolk and North Essex 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 202430.563.818.2
October 202427.959.518.9
November 202427.660.319.8
December 202418.654.121.2
January 202536.551.220.3
February 202535.556.019.5
March 202536.357.019.1
April 202537.057.519.0
May 202533.458.417.6
June 202532.459.318.1
July 202532.358.318.3
August 202532.457.418.8
September 202531.959.518.9
October 202533.657.219.6
November 202535.255.219.9
December 202535.256.020.3
January 202638.055.819.3
February 202636.955.317.3
March 202634.655.316.6
April 202632.849.515.3
May 202633.849.816.0
June 202628.949.315.8
July 202626.050.217.1
August 202626.652.017.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.8 miles away

13 to 43weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 44 people treated in the month.

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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

16 to 47weeks

Half seen within 16 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 477 people treated in the month.

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