Ophthalmology (Eye Care) (Ophthalmologist) Waiting Times Across the NHS

Hospital	Region	Wait	Within 18 Wks	52+ Wk
Anglia Community Eye Service - Thetford Healthy Living Centre East of England	East of England	3 wks	80.0%	-
Spamedica Truro South West	South West	3 wks	98.9%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth South West	South West	3 wks	96.9%	-
Spamedica Newcastle-under-lyme Midlands	Midlands	3 wks	95.2%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford London	London	3 wks	100.0%	-
Spamedica Doncaster North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	3 wks	94.1%	1
Spamedica Wirral North West	North West	3 wks	97.3%	-
Spamedica Chesterfield Midlands	Midlands	4 wks	94.5%	-
Spamedica Luton East of England	East of England	4 wks	94.0%	-
Spamedica Kendal North West	North West	4 wks	99.2%	-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham South East	South East	4 wks	95.6%	7
Spamedica Oldham North West	North West	4 wks	96.1%	-
Spamedica Epsom South East	South East	4 wks	98.1%	-
Spamedica Swindon South West	South West	4 wks	93.4%	-
Spamedica Widnes North West	North West	4 wks	95.2%	-
Anglia Community Eye Services Fakenham East of England	East of England	4 wks	95.5%	-
Spamedica Leicester Midlands	Midlands	4 wks	97.3%	-
Spamedica Haydock North West	North West	4 wks	94.5%	-
Spamedica Sittingbourne South East	South East	4 wks	96.7%	-
Spamedica Preston North West	North West	4 wks	95.2%	-
Spamedica Wembley London	London	4 wks	96.4%	-
Spamedica Peterborough East of England	East of England	4 wks	95.3%	-
Spamedica Bedford East of England	East of England	4 wks	95.9%	-
Spamedica Dalston London	London	4 wks	93.1%	-
Spamedica Blackpool North West	North West	4 wks	95.5%	-
Benenden Hospital South East	South East	4 wks	89.6%	-
Spamedica Bexhill South East	South East	4 wks	98.0%	-
Spamedica Bolton North West	North West	4 wks	97.9%	-
Spamedica Norwich East of England	East of England	4 wks	95.9%	-
Spamedica Watford East of England	East of England	4 wks	94.1%	-
Spamedica Romford London	London	4 wks	88.2%	-
Spamedica Brighton South East	South East	5 wks	89.2%	1
Spamedica Chester North West	North West	5 wks	90.2%	-
Spamedica Cambridge East of England	East of England	5 wks	94.3%	-
Spamedica Croydon London	London	5 wks	93.1%	-
Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd South West	South West	5 wks	100.0%	-
Spamedica Bristol South West	South West	5 wks	91.7%	-
The Berkshire Independent Hospital South East	South East	5 wks	91.2%	-
Spamedica Derby Midlands	Midlands	5 wks	89.7%	-
Spamedica Sale North West	North West	5 wks	95.9%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West	South West	5 wks	91.6%	-
Spamedica Coventry Midlands	Midlands	5 wks	92.5%	-
Spamedica Hull North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	98.3%	-
Spamedica Sheffield North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	95.7%	-
Spamedica Wokingham South East	South East	5 wks	91.3%	-
Spamedica Stockton-on-tees North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	96.2%	-
Spamedica Carlisle North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	97.0%	-
Spamedica Wolverhampton Midlands	Midlands	5 wks	95.3%	-
The Yorkshire Clinic North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	91.0%	5
Spamedica Leeds North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	98.0%	-
Ashtead Hospital South East	South East	5 wks	92.5%	-
Spamedica Bromley London	London	5 wks	94.0%	-
Spamedica Manchester North West	North West	5 wks	94.2%	-
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	5 wks	96.0%	-
Spamedica Oxford South East	South East	5 wks	95.9%	-
Spamedica Dorchester South West	South West	5 wks	99.0%	-
Spamedica Portsmouth South East	South East	5 wks	90.8%	-
Independent Health Group South West	South West	5 wks	98.6%	-
Spamedica Colchester East of England	East of England	5 wks	94.9%	-
Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) East of England	East of England	5 wks	96.8%	-
Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	90.9%	-
Epsomedical Group South East	South East	5 wks	98.1%	-
Spamedica Eye Hospital (wakefield) North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	96.5%	1
London Independent Hospital London	London	6 wks	95.4%	-
Spamedica Gateshead North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	6 wks	97.9%	1
Spamedica Gloucester South West	South West	6 wks	86.7%	-
Spamedica Poole South West	South West	6 wks	95.1%	-
Spamedica Newark Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	91.6%	-
Spamedica Solihull Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	90.0%	-
Spamedica Hereford Diagnostic And Treatment Centre Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	94.9%	-
Spamedica Birmingham Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	95.7%	-
Spamedica Taunton South West	South West	6 wks	95.8%	1
Aces Dartford South East	South East	6 wks	84.7%	1
Chaucer Hospital South East	South East	6 wks	94.4%	-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth South East	South East	6 wks	97.3%	-
Spamedica Skelmersdale North West	North West	6 wks	92.9%	-
Spamedica Liverpool North West	North West	6 wks	91.2%	-
Spamedica North Tyneside North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	6 wks	94.2%	-
Spamedica Chelmsford East of England	East of England	6 wks	93.4%	-
New Hall Hospital South West	South West	6 wks	97.6%	-
Spamedica Bradford North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	6 wks	91.1%	-
Anglia Community Eye Service Ltd East of England	East of England	6 wks	94.2%	1
Newmedica - Oxfordshire South East	South East	6 wks	96.0%	-
Newmedica - Worcester Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	92.5%	-
Newmedica - North Derbyshire - Midland Court Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	93.5%	-
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	6 wks	80.9%	5
Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Midlands	Midlands	6 wks	90.9%	-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	6 wks	90.3%	-
Nuffield Health The Holly Hospital East of England	East of England	6 wks	92.0%	-
Optegra UK South East	South East	6 wks	100.0%	-
St Edmunds Hospital East of England	East of England	6 wks	84.0%	-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West	South West	6 wks	82.4%	-
Newmedica - Nottingham Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	93.2%	-
Newmedica - Northampton Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	93.1%	-
Woodthorpe Hospital Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	93.9%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet South West	South West	7 wks	87.6%	-
Somerset Surgical Services HQ South West	South West	7 wks	99.3%	-
Circle Reading Hospital South East	South East	7 wks	83.3%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	93.5%	-
Oaks Hospital East of England	East of England	7 wks	91.7%	-
Newmedica - Teesside - North Ormesby North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	97.0%	-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	92.3%	7
St Hugh's Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	98.9%	-
Spamedica Worcester Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	91.1%	-
Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House East of England	East of England	7 wks	97.5%	-
Shirley Oaks Hospital London	London	7 wks	95.5%	-
Sulis Hospital Bath (foxcote Avenue) South West	South West	7 wks	90.4%	-
Spamedica Exeter South West	South West	7 wks	90.7%	-
The Stoneygate Eye Hospital Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	95.4%	-
Newcastle Newmedica Ltd North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	97.9%	-
Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road South West	South West	7 wks	85.2%	-
Woodlands Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	91.3%	-
Newmedica - Bromsgrove Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	90.6%	-
Fulwood Hall Hospital North West	North West	7 wks	93.4%	-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	85.0%	-
Newmedica - Birmingham Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	94.9%	-
Community Health And Eyecare Limited North West	North West	7 wks	94.1%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton South East	South East	8 wks	90.3%	-
Plymouth Newmedica Ltd South West	South West	8 wks	92.4%	1
Probus Surgical Centre South West	South West	8 wks	88.0%	-
Newmedica - Ipswich East of England	East of England	8 wks	97.7%	-
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	8 wks	82.5%	7
Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	8 wks	87.3%	2
Spamedica Telford Midlands	Midlands	8 wks	91.1%	-
Ces Medical South East	South East	8 wks	100.0%	-
Glendon Wood Hospital Midlands	Midlands	8 wks	87.3%	-
Clementine Churchill Hospital London	London	8 wks	100.0%	-
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	London	8 wks	84.5%	13
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	83.6%	4
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	82.1%	104
Newmedica - Bradford & Huddersfield North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	92.9%	-
Newmedica - Darlington North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	95.2%	-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London	London	8 wks	86.7%	-
Newmedica - Bristol - Litfield House South West	South West	8 wks	90.4%	-
Newmedica - Berkshire South East	South East	9 wks	80.9%	1
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	9 wks	76.4%	20
Beacon Park Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	92.1%	-
Stourside Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	88.7%	-
Newmedica - Langford South West	South West	9 wks	85.4%	-
Phoenix Health Solutions Limited HQ North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	9 wks	89.3%	-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	9 wks	78.1%	11
Newmedica - Exeter - Glen House South West	South West	9 wks	94.6%	-
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London	London	9 wks	79.3%	-
Rivers Hospital East of England	East of England	9 wks	87.7%	2
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	9 wks	82.0%	-
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	9 wks	79.7%	16
Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	95.7%	-
Newmedica - Shrewsbury Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	94.3%	-
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	9 wks	75.5%	2
Bishops Wood Hospital London	London	9 wks	78.6%	-
Blakelands Hospital East of England	East of England	9 wks	85.2%	1
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	London	9 wks	76.3%	-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West	South West	9 wks	76.3%	2
Newmedica - Gloucester (brighouse Court) South West	South West	9 wks	88.1%	2
Newmedica Aztec West South West	South West	9 wks	84.6%	-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London	London	9 wks	84.8%	1
Newmedica - Norwich East of England	East of England	9 wks	88.1%	-
Isight North West	North West	9 wks	88.5%	-
Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	86.0%	-
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	9 wks	76.7%	40
Anglia Community Eye Service - Cambridge East of England	East of England	9 wks	85.7%	-
Newmedica - Hertforshire - Welwyn Garden City East of England	East of England	10 wks	81.6%	-
Pinehill Hospital East of England	East of England	10 wks	90.7%	-
Newmedica - Cheshire Oaks North West	North West	10 wks	90.1%	-
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	10 wks	74.4%	9
Dorking Healthcare Limited (dhc) South East	South East	10 wks	84.4%	-
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	10 wks	78.8%	22
Newmedica - Wakefield North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	84.1%	-
Goring Hall Hospital South East	South East	10 wks	88.1%	-
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	10 wks	72.1%	32
Fairfield Independent Hospital North West	North West	10 wks	84.2%	-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	77.2%	-
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	67.1%	74
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England	East of England	10 wks	71.7%	9
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East	South East	10 wks	76.2%	-
Newmedica - Manchester West North West	North West	10 wks	83.6%	-
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	79.9%	-
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	10 wks	74.8%	13
Midland Eye (eye-docs Ltd) Midlands	Midlands	10 wks	97.3%	-
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	10 wks	75.4%	1
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	10 wks	77.8%	4
Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - Leeds North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	88.8%	-
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	69.9%	-
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	10 wks	76.0%	6
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	75.7%	4
Southend Private Hospital East of England	East of England	10 wks	68.0%	-
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London	London	11 wks	75.1%	3
Newmedica - Harrogate North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	93.5%	-
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	76.8%	-
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	11 wks	70.3%	39
Newmedica Leicester Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	84.5%	-
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	London	11 wks	69.6%	16
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	11 wks	79.8%	4
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	11 wks	70.0%	53
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	71.6%	-
Newmedica - Gloucester (aspen Medical Centre) South West	South West	11 wks	78.6%	1
North Downs Hospital South East	South East	11 wks	73.8%	-
Ridgeway Hospital South West	South West	11 wks	84.9%	1
Boston West Hospital Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	90.7%	-
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England	East of England	11 wks	73.6%	45
Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust London	London	11 wks	71.9%	-
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	74.8%	5
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	11 wks	68.9%	1
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	70.3%	-
Hendon Hospital London	London	11 wks	66.4%	-
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	68.3%	10
Barts Health NHS Trust London	London	11 wks	69.5%	18
Newmedica - Hampshire South East	South East	11 wks	71.7%	11
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	69.8%	20
Lincoln Private Hospital Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	74.3%	-
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	76.4%	1
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	12 wks	71.0%	7
Newmedica - Brigg - Riverside Surgery North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	73.6%	-
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London	London	12 wks	65.9%	7
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	12 wks	69.2%	15
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	66.5%	187
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	68.5%	3
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West	North West	12 wks	67.3%	28
Whittington Health NHS Trust London	London	12 wks	66.9%	18
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	64.7%	34
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	71.0%	-
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	63.2%	24
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East	South East	12 wks	66.3%	-
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	12 wks	69.1%	11
Anglia Community Eye Service - Peterborough East of England	East of England	12 wks	87.0%	1
Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	71.2%	1
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	65.8%	30
Newmedica - Lincoln Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	75.6%	-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West	North West	13 wks	61.4%	71
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	13 wks	65.4%	2
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	62.4%	17
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	64.1%	2
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	13 wks	63.3%	1
Border Health Alliance Limited Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	71.1%	-
Fitzwilliam Hospital East of England	East of England	13 wks	69.5%	1
Blackheath Hospital London	London	13 wks	73.3%	2
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	65.7%	4
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	13 wks	66.6%	15
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust South West	South West	13 wks	61.7%	73
Newmedica - Berkshire - Bracknell South East	South East	13 wks	69.1%	-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	London	13 wks	63.5%	205
Mount Stuart Hospital South West	South West	13 wks	74.5%	1
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East	South East	13 wks	63.1%	43
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	13 wks	61.5%	48
Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	66.7%	-
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	62.4%	2
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	14 wks	59.9%	111
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	63.5%	58
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	14 wks	60.0%	142
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	60.0%	124
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	58.8%	88
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	61.8%	160
Aces Milton Keynes East of England	East of England	14 wks	90.0%	-
Bath Clinic South West	South West	14 wks	70.2%	-
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	14 wks	59.4%	165
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	14 wks	58.7%	31
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	14 wks	61.7%	25
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	57.9%	8
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	61.2%	56
Spamedica Southampton South East	South East	14 wks	53.4%	3
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	15 wks	60.5%	-
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	15 wks	60.3%	89
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	15 wks	58.0%	19
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	15 wks	58.1%	87
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	15 wks	59.5%	51
Cora Health Diagnostics (formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) South East	South East	15 wks	55.6%	-
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	15 wks	58.8%	8
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	15 wks	55.9%	130
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	London	16 wks	59.7%	2
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	16 wks	54.2%	108
Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology - North West North West	North West	16 wks	56.9%	-
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	16 wks	55.1%	32
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	16 wks	54.3%	529
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	16 wks	54.7%	193
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	16 wks	53.6%	317
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	16 wks	53.7%	10
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	17 wks	53.3%	240
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	17 wks	52.5%	118
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	London	17 wks	51.3%	96
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	18 wks	49.1%	57
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West	North West	18 wks	48.8%	33
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	19 wks	49.1%	192
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	21 wks	43.5%	168
Newmedica - Swindon South West	South West	22 wks	30.0%	-

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the average Ophthalmology (Eye Care) waiting time?

The average NHS waiting time for Ophthalmology (Eye Care) is about 9 weeks (2 months), based on data from 284 hospitals.

How long will I wait to see an ophthalmologist?

The typical wait to see an ophthalmologist on the NHS is about 9 weeks. However, this varies significantly by hospital. Use WaitRadar to compare waiting times at different hospitals.

What percentage of Ophthalmology (Eye Care) patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 82% of Ophthalmology (Eye Care) patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

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