Ophthalmology waiting times at Barts Health NHS Trust (June 2026)

11week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 6,122 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 11 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks longer than a year ago. 2 of them have been waiting more than a year.

68%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

242 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

2 weeks longer than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 28% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Spamedica Bexhill Bexhill-on-Sea	64 miles	4 wks	8 wks
Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham	44 miles	4 wks	8 wks
Aces Milton Keynes Milton Keynes	59 miles	4 wks	8 wks
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham	36 miles	4 wks	7 wks
Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone West Malling	32 miles	4 wks	7 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Barts Health NHS Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Medical Services	19,526	11 wks
Other: Surgical Services	10,606	10 wks
Other: Paediatric Services	9,793	16 wks
Gynaecology	8,874	12 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	8,705	15 wks
Cardiology	8,603	10 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.