Ears, nose and throat at University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service

University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service ear, nose and throat waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 75% 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 of Southampton Auditory Implant Service, 17 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
April 202515.871.214.3
May 202514.374.017.2
June 202515.053.019.0
July 202514.848.417.8
August 20259.062.414.3
September 202512.555.012.1
October 202514.246.811.5
November 202511.543.210.9
December 202512.356.210.9
January 202616.555.714.8
February 20268.945.610.1
March 20266.540.910.5
April 202610.940.210.9
May 202612.339.011.7
June 202611.739.27.4
July 202614.351.78.0
August 202610.937.69.1

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