Ears, nose and throat at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 16 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 66% 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 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 20248.846.612.1
October 20248.547.611.9
November 20249.749.811.9
December 20249.949.012.3
January 20259.354.413.5
February 202510.653.014.1
March 202512.050.314.9
April 202513.053.114.2
May 20257.949.815.8
June 202513.855.315.2
July 202512.857.014.9
August 20259.152.014.9
September 20259.953.714.8
October 202511.354.816.0
November 202513.454.715.4
December 202514.350.715.8
January 202618.258.114.4
February 202617.754.912.8
March 202614.951.811.7
April 20268.247.512.6
May 20269.845.312.1
June 202613.942.611.5
July 202611.544.412.7
August 202615.641.813.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spire Fylde Coast Hospital

Independent hospital, 13 miles away

2 to 37weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 37 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 122 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Fairfield Independent Hospital

Independent hospital, 21.3 miles away

10 to 21weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 64 people treated in the month.

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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 10.7 miles away

11 to 39weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 39 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 985 people treated in the month.

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