Ophthalmology waiting times at Blackheath Hospital (June 2026)

14week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 106 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 14 weeks, half less. That is 6 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 3 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty.

58%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

280 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

6 weeks longer than a year ago.

1 week of those were added in the last six months alone.

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. 33% 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	58 miles	4 wks	10 wks
Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham	46 miles	4 wks	10 wks
Aces Milton Keynes Milton Keynes	65 miles	4 wks	10 wks
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham	32 miles	4 wks	10 wks
Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone West Malling	27 miles	4 wks	10 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Blackheath Hospital reports 5 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	576	10 wks
Urology	193	7 wks
Gastroenterology	189	11 wks
General Surgery	133	8 wks
Other: Other Services	122	9 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.