Ears, nose and throat at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Basildon and Southend ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 46 to 71 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 24 weeks and 9 in 10 under 60 weeks. 40% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 46 weeks, 9 in 10 within 71 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 24 weeks, 9 in 10 under 60 weeks. 1,774 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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
04590September 2024August 2026

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 202437.772.124.1
October 202422.264.725.2
November 202449.365.925.9
December 202453.466.426.3
January 202554.066.826.9
February 202553.267.226.8
March 202554.068.627.5
April 202550.364.628.1
May 202549.265.627.1
June 202549.067.027.4
July 202545.964.725.3
August 202543.666.325.7
September 202546.568.224.9
October 202546.067.523.4
November 202547.681.824.0
December 202522.879.826.0
January 202637.370.425.5
February 202626.170.827.0
March 202633.869.927.3
April 202652.565.327.1
May 202654.766.626.2
June 202650.467.224.4
July 202643.265.824.4
August 202646.570.524.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 24.8 miles away

8 to 36weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 36 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 111 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.3 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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