Ophthalmology waiting times at Chaucer Hospital (June 2026)

5week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 136 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 5 weeks, half less. It is about 5 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty.

90%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

52 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

Level with 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. 7% of this queue is already past it.

Comparable providers nearby

Nothing within 75 miles is treating ophthalmology more than two weeks sooner than here, so on these figures you are already near the front of the queue. The closest comparable providers are below so you can see that for yourself.

Provider	Miles	Median	Against here
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury	0 miles	12 wks	7 wks longer
Spamedica Sittingbourne Sittingbourne	22 miles	5 wks	about the same
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham	29 miles	4 wks	1 wk sooner
Southend Private Hospital Westcliff-on-Sea	33 miles	9 wks	4 wks longer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone	33 miles	9 wks	4 wks longer

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Chaucer Hospital reports 2 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	631	10 wks
General Surgery	97	8 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.