Ears, nose and throat at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal and Fairfield General ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 59 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 55% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 22 weeks, 9 in 10 within 59 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 933 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 Northern Care Alliance 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 202436.961.520.7
October 202437.659.120.8
November 202434.858.520.7
December 202428.058.521.9
January 202535.159.521.9
February 202534.461.021.9
March 202538.761.221.3
April 202533.461.421.6
May 202536.061.620.2
June 202535.160.819.9
July 202532.561.120.0
August 202535.162.820.6
September 202533.161.619.3
October 202530.260.919.4
November 202528.258.618.9
December 202525.457.720.0
January 202631.060.219.1
February 202631.660.918.2
March 202636.857.415.3
April 202629.559.114.6
May 202622.558.715.7
June 202620.662.916.0
July 202622.655.615.6
August 202622.159.315.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Beacon Medical Services Group Limited

Independent provider, 6.1 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, 10.7 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, 14.7 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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