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Waiting times/Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting ophthalmology waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

10

week England average

17

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

620k

people waiting across 298 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 17 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1The Living Care Group Leeds1100%117
2Benenden Hospital Cranbrook388%92
3Spamedica Gloucester Gloucester394%90
4Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth398%59
5Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth397%391
6Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich398%356
7Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford499%147
8Anglia Community Eye Service - Thetford Healthy Living Centre Thetford497%237
9Spamedica Bexhill Bexhill-on-Sea494%194
10Spamedica Derby Derby495%436
11Spamedica Preston Preston496%349
12Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham491%221
13Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme Newcastle497%209
14Spamedica Swindon Swindon494%123
15Spamedica Kendal Kendal494%408
16Aces Milton Keynes Milton Keynes489%172
17Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham493%504
18Probus Surgical Centre Truro499%478
19Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone West Malling4100%503
20Spamedica Oxford Witney493%165
21Spamedica Bristol Bristol496%302
22Spamedica Bedford Bedford492%290
23Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol493%367
24Optegra Eye Hospital Brighton Brighton4100%803
25Spamedica Epsom Epsom491%298
26Spamedica Luton Luton487%262
27Circle Reading Hospital Reading580%147
28Ashtead Hospital Ashtead595%76
29Spamedica Bolton Bolton594%620
30Spamedica Blackpool Blackpool591%248
31Aces Chelmsford Chelmsford594%87
32London Independent Hospital London597%100
33Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Worksop593%181
34Spamedica Chesterfield Chesterfield593%167
35The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley595%733
36Newmedica - Bristol - Litfield House Bristol586%367
37Spamedica Liverpool Liverpool593%490
38Spamedica Chester Chester594%225
39Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton592%198
40Anglia Community Eye Service Ltd Wisbech593%708
41Spamedica Cambridge Cambridge588%411
42Anglia Community Eye Service - Cambridge Cambridge590%227
43Spamedica Haydock Newton-Le-Willows593%352
44Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham592%351
45Spamedica Peterborough Peterborough587%398
46Spamedica Widnes Widnes592%344
47Spamedica Colchester Colchester593%151
48Epsomedical Group Cobham598%414
49Independent Health Group Bath5100%210
50Newmedica - Nottingham Nottingham593%760
51Spamedica Truro Truro592%291
52Chaucer Hospital Canterbury590%136
53Spamedica Oldham Oldham590%617
54Anglia Community Eye Services Fakenham Fakenham593%416
55Spamedica Brighton Hassocks588%213
56Spamedica Sittingbourne Sittingbourne589%184
57Spamedica Skelmersdale Skelmersdale593%130
58Phoenix Health Solutions Limited Hq Pontefract6100%180
59Spamedica Wirral Birkenhead696%417
60Optegra (Solent Eye Hospital) Fareham6100%872
61Optegra (Surrey Eye Hospital) Guildford6100%1,032
62Newcastle Newmedica Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne699%869
63Spamedica Dalston London691%457
64Newmedica - North Derbyshire - Midland Court Chesterfield692%1,207
65Spamedica Chelmsford Chelmsford690%669
66Spamedica Doncaster Doncaster695%439
67Anglia Community Eye Service - Peterborough Peterborough686%294
68Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Chesterfield695%169
69Spamedica Poole Poole693%980
70Spamedica Birmingham Birmingham691%795
71Spamedica Sheffield Sheffield690%465
72Spamedica Manchester Manchester686%291
73Spamedica Sheffield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Sheffield697%58
74Spamedica Wembley Wembley685%356
75Optegra Eye Hospital Preston Preston699%292
76Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House Bury St. Edmunds694%581
77Spamedica Hull Hull697%521
78Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton691%2,683
79Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield690%2,472
80Spamedica Newark Newark693%486
81Spamedica Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees689%492
82Spamedica Norwich Norwich687%252
83Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath793%419
84Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield) Ossett793%783
85Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd Tetbury797%125
86Optegra London Eye Hospital London796%1,155
87Optegra Eye Hospital Nottingham Nottingham7100%183
88Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan785%1,576
89Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill783%162
90Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle Gateshead799%534
91Spamedica Exeter Exeter789%350
92Spamedica Portsmouth Portsmouth778%176
93Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet789%715
94Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes787%309
95Spamedica Coventry Coventry793%799
96Spamedica Wolverhampton Wolverhampton790%781
97Optegra Eye Hospital York York792%770
98Spamedica Worcester Worcester790%422
99London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow787%1,450
100Newmedica - Worcester Worcester782%966
101Spamedica Romford Romford790%849
102Spamedica Taunton Taunton787%725
103Spamedica Watford Watford792%468
104Spamedica North Tyneside Newcastle upon Tyne789%452
105Optegra Eye Hospital Sheffield Sheffield797%386
106Optegra Eye Hospital West London Hounslow796%685
107Spamedica Dorchester Dorchester792%634
108Spamedica Leeds Leeds794%319
109Ces Medical Maidstone792%95
110Newmedica - Gloucester (Brighouse Court) Gloucester786%1,051
111Spamedica Bromley Bromley789%666
112Woodlands Hospital Darlington793%692
113Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds784%4,841
114Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall789%930
115Stourside Hospital Stourbridge791%354
116St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby784%159
117North Downs Hospital Caterham784%137
118Spamedica Gateshead Gateshead792%486
119Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke784%2,741
120Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro781%3,897
121Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London785%39,506
122Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate781%1,612
123Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon764%53
124Optegra (Birmingham Eye Hospital) Birmingham795%822
125Plymouth Newmedica Ltd Plymouth791%711
126Spamedica Telford Telford793%459
127Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe882%2,543
128Newmedica - Birmingham Birmingham896%932
129Newmedica - Langford Bristol881%421
130Spamedica Bradford Bradford896%303
131Newmedica - Harrogate Harrogate890%293
132Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter Uttoxeter892%224
133Aces Manchester Manchester878%85
134The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne881%9,747
135Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath889%2,754
136Optegra (Manchester Eye Hospital) Manchester896%833
137Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road Swindon886%131
138Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford887%3,967
139Spamedica Solihull Solihull887%419
140Spamedica Sale Sale887%246
141Optegra Eye Hospital Leicester Leicester897%202
142Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley878%530
143Somerset Surgical Services Hq Weston-Super-Mare890%357
144Newmedica - Ipswich Ipswich896%1,143
145Newmedica - Bradford & Huddersfield Cleckheaton889%834
146Newmedica Aztec West Bristol873%787
147Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester Colchester894%303
148East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea882%3,836
149University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol876%6,737
150The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham885%1,993
151Spamedica Croydon Croydon885%137
152Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London882%3,304
153Community Health and Eyecare Limited Preston886%4,561
154Goring Hall Hospital Worthing887%108
155Spamedica Carlisle Carlisle891%812
156Newmedica - Shrewsbury Shrewsbury898%447
157North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington888%2,345
158Glendon Wood Hospital Kettering889%514
159Midland Eye (Eye-Docs Ltd) Solihull896%658
160Aces White City London886%156
161Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton879%3,027
162Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby879%3,045
163Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth886%380
164Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes883%486
165Newmedica Leicester Leicester890%952
166Newmedica - Manchester West Manchester883%345
167University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal882%2,511
168Pinehill Hospital Hitchin881%139
169Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Stockton-on-Tees885%537
170Newmedica - Teesside - North Ormesby Middlesbrough896%1,631
171Newmedica - Wakefield Wakefield885%580
172Spamedica Leicester Leicester890%309
173Newmedica - Norwich Norwich888%1,664
174Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - Leeds Leeds887%701
175Aces Dartford Dartford890%579
176Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham986%3,348
177Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln973%132
178Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London978%5,234
179Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick980%8,002
180Spamedica Macclesfield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Macclesfield994%81
181Newmedica - Darlington Darlington995%73
182South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland981%8,852
183Whittington Health NHS Trust London981%1,133
184Newmedica - Brigg - Riverside Surgery Brigg980%751
185East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage975%2,592
186Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester976%2,383
187Southend Private Hospital Westcliff-on-Sea985%1,139
188Newmedica - Cheshire Oaks Chester982%468
189Spamedica Southampton Eastleigh974%357
190University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester975%10,071
191Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology - North West Rochdale993%1,544
192Isight Southport988%1,285
193Newmedica - Bromsgrove Bromsgrove976%476
194Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone978%6,248
195Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury987%1,973
196Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough987%213
197Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Bradford989%858
198Newmedica - Gloucester (Aspen Medical Centre) Gloucester977%520
199Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill977%3,313
200Hendon Hospital London977%126
201Newmedica - Exeter - Glen House Exeter994%459
202North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle981%2,042
203Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston989%288
204South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough983%3,961
205Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames980%4,545
206York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York1071%5,443
207Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1075%2,389
208Boston West Hospital Boston1086%694
209Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton1080%3,452
210Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton1074%5,051
211George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton1077%911
212Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley1071%4,259
213Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby Grimsby1080%981
214Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool1075%7,312
215Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading1085%5,358
216The Stoneygate Eye Hospital Leicester1084%851
217Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston1075%3,476
218Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering1078%2,530
219Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford1077%2,181
220Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton1086%251
221Newmedica - Northampton Northampton1086%1,223
222Newmedica - Oxfordshire Abingdon1082%1,032
223Ridgeway Hospital Swindon1077%226
224The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1076%2,946
225Aces Bristol Bristol1079%95
226Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot1173%3,844
227University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton1171%6,870
228East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn1167%4,358
229The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1176%3,756
230Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield1172%2,147
231Newmedica - Hertforshire - Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City1177%1,167
232Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1168%3,943
233University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth1169%5,740
234Aces Exeter Exeter1177%75
235Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester1169%11,384
236Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley1171%3,454
237University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole1173%5,134
238West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1173%2,369
239Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East Grinstead1172%2,333
240Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill1173%215
241The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1172%2,949
242Barts Health NHS Trust London1168%6,122
243United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln1173%5,878
244Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge1169%4,120
245Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1269%4,840
246County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1267%3,149
247Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1269%5,531
248Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester1268%2,952
249Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1267%7,407
250Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester1270%6,098
251The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1266%2,042
252New Hall Hospital Salisbury1275%192
253Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury1290%312
254Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton1268%3,285
255The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley1266%4,729
256Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1265%3,121
257Newmedica - Berkshire Slough1267%1,325
258Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1268%4,945
259Bath Clinic Bath1271%136
260East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1268%8,716
261University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby1267%9,621
262East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury1263%5,474
263James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth1363%3,158
264South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick1364%3,917
265Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham1369%6,632
266Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1366%6,353
267East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1366%2,478
268University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1365%9,119
269Deeping Surgical Peterborough1373%130
270Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1362%8,979
271North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1362%5,995
272King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1364%12,740
273Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1363%8,927
274West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1363%3,391
275The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton1461%9,468
276Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford1462%2,256
277Border Health Alliance Limited Hereford1464%713
278Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport1463%4,383
279Newmedica - Berkshire - Bracknell Bracknell1477%124
280Blackheath Hospital London1458%106
281Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Newcastle Under Lyme1465%141
282Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1465%2,445
283Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea1460%13,671
284Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1462%3,426
285Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1460%2,810
286Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport1459%2,309
287Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth1459%6,750
288Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield1561%3,120
289Newmedica - Hampshire Fareham1556%2,125
290University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent1657%5,901
291Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1655%6,277
292University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry1654%6,804
293University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing1754%12,804
294Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes1755%4,131
295Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford1752%5,250
296St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1851%91
297Beacon Park Hospital Stafford2043%247
298Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay2139%270
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