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

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 56% 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 University Hospitals Dorset 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 202423.065.318.1
October 202422.056.817.6
November 202417.252.617.3
December 202415.851.517.1
January 202518.552.016.4
February 202515.853.715.9
March 202515.854.315.9
April 202512.054.814.2
May 202512.653.714.3
June 202517.857.014.8
July 202517.454.515.0
August 202514.447.815.5
September 202514.352.515.6
October 202519.749.915.2
November 202518.449.013.9
December 202513.547.114.9
January 202613.445.215.3
February 202617.749.315.8
March 202613.049.614.7
April 202610.447.914.8
May 202615.648.014.2
June 202614.048.714.5
July 202610.245.614.9
August 202612.447.015.7

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