Shorter Wait

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. The median also hides the tail: 4,592 of the 620,109 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1The Living Care Group Leeds1 wks100%117
2Benenden Hospital Cranbrook3 wks88%92
3Spamedica Gloucester Gloucester3 wks94%90
4Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth3 wks98%59
5Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth3 wks97%391
6Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich3 wks98%356
7Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford4 wks99%147
8Anglia Community Eye Service - Thetford Healthy Living Centre Thetford4 wks97%237
9Spamedica Bexhill Bexhill-on-Sea4 wks94%194
10Spamedica Derby Derby4 wks95%436
11Spamedica Preston Preston4 wks96%349
12Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham4 wks91%221
13Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme Newcastle4 wks97%209
14Spamedica Swindon Swindon4 wks94%123
15Spamedica Kendal Kendal4 wks94%408
16Aces Milton Keynes Milton Keynes4 wks89%172
17Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham4 wks93%504
18Probus Surgical Centre Truro4 wks99%478
19Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone West Malling4 wks100%503
20Spamedica Oxford Witney4 wks93%165
21Spamedica Bristol Bristol4 wks96%302
22Spamedica Bedford Bedford4 wks92%290
23Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol4 wks93%367
24Optegra Eye Hospital Brighton Brighton4 wks100%803
25Spamedica Epsom Epsom4 wks91%298
26Spamedica Luton Luton4 wks87%262
27Circle Reading Hospital Reading5 wks80%147
28Ashtead Hospital Ashtead5 wks95%76
29Spamedica Bolton Bolton5 wks94%620
30Spamedica Blackpool Blackpool5 wks91%248
31Aces Chelmsford Chelmsford5 wks94%87
32London Independent Hospital London5 wks97%100
33Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Worksop5 wks93%181
34Spamedica Chesterfield Chesterfield5 wks93%167
35The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley5 wks95%733
36Newmedica - Bristol - Litfield House Bristol5 wks86%367
37Spamedica Liverpool Liverpool5 wks93%490
38Spamedica Chester Chester5 wks94%225
39Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton5 wks92%198
40Anglia Community Eye Service Ltd Wisbech5 wks93%708
41Spamedica Cambridge Cambridge5 wks88%411
42Anglia Community Eye Service - Cambridge Cambridge5 wks90%227
43Spamedica Haydock Newton-Le-Willows5 wks93%352
44Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham5 wks92%351
45Spamedica Peterborough Peterborough5 wks87%398
46Spamedica Widnes Widnes5 wks92%344
47Spamedica Colchester Colchester5 wks93%151
48Epsomedical Group Cobham5 wks98%414
49Independent Health Group Bath5 wks100%210
50Newmedica - Nottingham Nottingham5 wks93%760
51Spamedica Truro Truro5 wks92%291
52Chaucer Hospital Canterbury5 wks90%136
53Spamedica Oldham Oldham5 wks90%617
54Anglia Community Eye Services Fakenham Fakenham5 wks93%416
55Spamedica Brighton Hassocks5 wks88%213
56Spamedica Sittingbourne Sittingbourne5 wks89%184
57Spamedica Skelmersdale Skelmersdale5 wks93%130
58Phoenix Health Solutions Limited Hq Pontefract6 wks100%180
59Spamedica Wirral Birkenhead6 wks96%417
60Optegra (Solent Eye Hospital) Fareham6 wks100%872
61Optegra (Surrey Eye Hospital) Guildford6 wks100%1,032
62Newcastle Newmedica Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne6 wks99%869
63Spamedica Dalston London6 wks91%457
64Newmedica - North Derbyshire - Midland Court Chesterfield6 wks92%1,207
65Spamedica Chelmsford Chelmsford6 wks90%669
66Spamedica Doncaster Doncaster6 wks95%439
67Anglia Community Eye Service - Peterborough Peterborough6 wks86%294
68Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Chesterfield6 wks95%169
69Spamedica Poole Poole6 wks93%980
70Spamedica Birmingham Birmingham6 wks91%795
71Spamedica Sheffield Sheffield6 wks90%465
72Spamedica Manchester Manchester6 wks86%291
73Spamedica Sheffield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Sheffield6 wks97%58
74Spamedica Wembley Wembley6 wks85%356
75Optegra Eye Hospital Preston Preston6 wks99%292
76Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House Bury St. Edmunds6 wks94%581
77Spamedica Hull Hull6 wks97%521
78Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton6 wks91%2,683
79Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield6 wks90%2,472
80Spamedica Newark Newark6 wks93%486
81Spamedica Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees6 wks89%492
82Spamedica Norwich Norwich6 wks87%252
83Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath7 wks93%419
84Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield) Ossett7 wks93%783
85Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd Tetbury7 wks97%125
86Optegra London Eye Hospital London7 wks96%1,155
87Optegra Eye Hospital Nottingham Nottingham7 wks100%183
88Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan7 wks85%1,576
89Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill7 wks83%162
90Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle Gateshead7 wks99%534
91Spamedica Exeter Exeter7 wks89%350
92Spamedica Portsmouth Portsmouth7 wks78%176
93Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet7 wks89%715
94Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes7 wks87%309
95Spamedica Coventry Coventry7 wks93%799
96Spamedica Wolverhampton Wolverhampton7 wks90%781
97Optegra Eye Hospital York York7 wks92%770
98Spamedica Worcester Worcester7 wks90%422
99London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow7 wks87%1,450
100Newmedica - Worcester Worcester7 wks82%966
101Spamedica Romford Romford7 wks90%849
102Spamedica Taunton Taunton7 wks87%725
103Spamedica Watford Watford7 wks92%468
104Spamedica North Tyneside Newcastle upon Tyne7 wks89%452
105Optegra Eye Hospital Sheffield Sheffield7 wks97%386
106Optegra Eye Hospital West London Hounslow7 wks96%685
107Spamedica Dorchester Dorchester7 wks92%634
108Spamedica Leeds Leeds7 wks94%319
109Ces Medical Maidstone7 wks92%95
110Newmedica - Gloucester (Brighouse Court) Gloucester7 wks86%1,051
111Spamedica Bromley Bromley7 wks89%666
112Woodlands Hospital Darlington7 wks93%692
113Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds7 wks84%4,841
114Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall7 wks89%930
115Stourside Hospital Stourbridge7 wks91%354
116St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby7 wks84%159
117North Downs Hospital Caterham7 wks84%137
118Spamedica Gateshead Gateshead7 wks92%486
119Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke7 wks84%2,741
120Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro7 wks81%3,897
121Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London7 wks85%39,506
122Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate7 wks81%1,612
123Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon7 wks64%53
124Optegra (Birmingham Eye Hospital) Birmingham7 wks95%822
125Plymouth Newmedica Ltd Plymouth7 wks91%711
126Spamedica Telford Telford7 wks93%459
127Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe8 wks82%2,543
128Newmedica - Birmingham Birmingham8 wks96%932
129Newmedica - Langford Bristol8 wks81%421
130Spamedica Bradford Bradford8 wks96%303
131Newmedica - Harrogate Harrogate8 wks90%293
132Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter Uttoxeter8 wks92%224
133Aces Manchester Manchester8 wks78%85
134The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne8 wks81%9,747
135Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath8 wks89%2,754
136Optegra (Manchester Eye Hospital) Manchester8 wks96%833
137Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road Swindon8 wks86%131
138Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford8 wks87%3,967
139Spamedica Solihull Solihull8 wks87%419
140Spamedica Sale Sale8 wks87%246
141Optegra Eye Hospital Leicester Leicester8 wks97%202
142Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley8 wks78%530
143Somerset Surgical Services Hq Weston-Super-Mare8 wks90%357
144Newmedica - Ipswich Ipswich8 wks96%1,143
145Newmedica - Bradford & Huddersfield Cleckheaton8 wks89%834
146Newmedica Aztec West Bristol8 wks73%787
147Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester Colchester8 wks94%303
148East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea8 wks82%3,836
149University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol8 wks76%6,737
150The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham8 wks85%1,993
151Spamedica Croydon Croydon8 wks85%137
152Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London8 wks82%3,304
153Community Health and Eyecare Limited Preston8 wks86%4,561
154Goring Hall Hospital Worthing8 wks87%108
155Spamedica Carlisle Carlisle8 wks91%812
156Newmedica - Shrewsbury Shrewsbury8 wks98%447
157North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington8 wks88%2,345
158Glendon Wood Hospital Kettering8 wks89%514
159Midland Eye (Eye-Docs Ltd) Solihull8 wks96%658
160Aces White City London8 wks86%156
161Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton8 wks79%3,027
162Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby8 wks79%3,045
163Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth8 wks86%380
164Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes8 wks83%486
165Newmedica Leicester Leicester8 wks90%952
166Newmedica - Manchester West Manchester8 wks83%345
167University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal8 wks82%2,511
168Pinehill Hospital Hitchin8 wks81%139
169Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Stockton-on-Tees8 wks85%537
170Newmedica - Teesside - North Ormesby Middlesbrough8 wks96%1,631
171Newmedica - Wakefield Wakefield8 wks85%580
172Spamedica Leicester Leicester8 wks90%309
173Newmedica - Norwich Norwich8 wks88%1,664
174Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - Leeds Leeds8 wks87%701
175Aces Dartford Dartford8 wks90%579
176Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham9 wks86%3,348
177Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln9 wks73%132
178Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London9 wks78%5,234
179Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick9 wks80%8,002
180Spamedica Macclesfield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Macclesfield9 wks94%81
181Newmedica - Darlington Darlington9 wks95%73
182South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland9 wks81%8,852
183Whittington Health NHS Trust London9 wks81%1,133
184Newmedica - Brigg - Riverside Surgery Brigg9 wks80%751
185East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage9 wks75%2,592
186Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester9 wks76%2,383
187Southend Private Hospital Westcliff-on-Sea9 wks85%1,139
188Newmedica - Cheshire Oaks Chester9 wks82%468
189Spamedica Southampton Eastleigh9 wks74%357
190University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester9 wks75%10,071
191Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology - North West Rochdale9 wks93%1,544
192Isight Southport9 wks88%1,285
193Newmedica - Bromsgrove Bromsgrove9 wks76%476
194Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone9 wks78%6,248
195Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury9 wks87%1,973
196Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough9 wks87%213
197Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Bradford9 wks89%858
198Newmedica - Gloucester (Aspen Medical Centre) Gloucester9 wks77%520
199Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill9 wks77%3,313
200Hendon Hospital London9 wks77%126
201Newmedica - Exeter - Glen House Exeter9 wks94%459
202North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle9 wks81%2,042
203Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston9 wks89%288
204South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough9 wks83%3,961
205Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames9 wks80%4,545
206York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York10 wks71%5,443
207Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford10 wks75%2,389
208Boston West Hospital Boston10 wks86%694
209Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton10 wks80%3,452
210Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton10 wks74%5,051
211George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton10 wks77%911
212Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley10 wks71%4,259
213Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby Grimsby10 wks80%981
214Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool10 wks75%7,312
215Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading10 wks85%5,358
216The Stoneygate Eye Hospital Leicester10 wks84%851
217Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston10 wks75%3,476
218Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering10 wks78%2,530
219Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford10 wks77%2,181
220Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton10 wks86%251
221Newmedica - Northampton Northampton10 wks86%1,223
222Newmedica - Oxfordshire Abingdon10 wks82%1,032
223Ridgeway Hospital Swindon10 wks77%226
224The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge10 wks76%2,946
225Aces Bristol Bristol10 wks79%95
226Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot11 wks73%3,844
227University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton11 wks71%6,870
228East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn11 wks67%4,358
229The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury11 wks76%3,756
230Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield11 wks72%2,147
231Newmedica - Hertforshire - Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City11 wks77%1,167
232Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster11 wks68%3,943
233University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth11 wks69%5,740
234Aces Exeter Exeter11 wks77%75
235Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester11 wks69%11,384
236Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley11 wks71%3,454
237University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole11 wks73%5,134
238West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds11 wks73%2,369
239Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East Grinstead11 wks72%2,333
240Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill11 wks73%215
241The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow11 wks72%2,949
242Barts Health NHS Trust London11 wks68%6,122
243United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln11 wks73%5,878
244Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge11 wks69%4,120
245Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield12 wks69%4,840
246County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington12 wks67%3,149
247Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham12 wks69%5,531
248Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester12 wks68%2,952
249Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London12 wks67%7,407
250Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester12 wks70%6,098
251The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn12 wks66%2,042
252New Hall Hospital Salisbury12 wks75%192
253Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury12 wks90%312
254Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton12 wks68%3,285
255The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley12 wks66%4,729
256Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool12 wks65%3,121
257Newmedica - Berkshire Slough12 wks67%1,325
258Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey12 wks68%4,945
259Bath Clinic Bath12 wks71%136
260East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester12 wks68%8,716
261University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby12 wks67%9,621
262East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury12 wks63%5,474
263James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth13 wks63%3,158
264South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick13 wks64%3,917
265Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham13 wks69%6,632
266Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich13 wks66%6,353
267East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield13 wks66%2,478
268University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham13 wks65%9,119
269Deeping Surgical Peterborough13 wks73%130
270Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull13 wks62%8,979
271North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough13 wks62%5,995
272King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London13 wks64%12,740
273Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter13 wks63%8,927
274West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford13 wks63%3,391
275The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton14 wks61%9,468
276Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford14 wks62%2,256
277Border Health Alliance Limited Hereford14 wks64%713
278Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport14 wks63%4,383
279Newmedica - Berkshire - Bracknell Bracknell14 wks77%124
280Blackheath Hospital London14 wks58%106
281Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Newcastle Under Lyme14 wks65%141
282Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London14 wks65%2,445
283Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea14 wks60%13,671
284Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral14 wks62%3,426
285Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon14 wks60%2,810
286Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport14 wks59%2,309
287Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth14 wks59%6,750
288Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield15 wks61%3,120
289Newmedica - Hampshire Fareham15 wks56%2,125
290University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent16 wks57%5,901
291Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford16 wks55%6,277
292University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry16 wks54%6,804
293University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing17 wks54%12,804
294Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes17 wks55%4,131
295Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford17 wks52%5,250
296St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London18 wks51%91
297Beacon Park Hospital Stafford20 wks43%247
298Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay21 wks39%270
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Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown, because a median over a handful of patients says more about chance than about the queue. Some providers listed run community or single-procedure services rather than full surgical ones; check what a provider actually treats before asking to be referred.