Ears, nose and throat at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Liverpool and University Hospital Aintree ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 55 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 47 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 Liverpool University 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 202414.067.326.1
October 202425.961.125.2
November 202412.854.926.1
December 202412.155.826.6
January 202515.266.326.7
February 202520.767.125.3
March 202525.370.625.2
April 20259.853.926.0
May 202519.666.525.9
June 202532.470.925.6
July 202526.169.624.5
August 202525.470.323.5
September 202522.466.820.9
October 202516.463.019.9
November 202515.559.320.9
December 202514.859.420.6
January 202616.659.319.5
February 202617.357.318.9
March 202622.855.615.6
April 202612.153.615.5
May 20267.854.816.7
June 202614.652.516.9
July 202615.153.017.0
August 202621.754.617.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spire Liverpool Hospital

Independent hospital, 2.4 miles away

8 to 39weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 39 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 191 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Cheshire Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.8 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.

Free on the NHS

Fairfield Independent Hospital

Independent hospital, 10.2 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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