Ophthalmology waiting times at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

9week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 2,042 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 9 weeks, half less. That is 5 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 1 week shorter than the England average for this specialty.

81%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

202 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

5 weeks shorter than a year ago.

3 weeks of those came off 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. 17% 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 Kendal Kendal	52 miles	4 wks	5 wks
Newcastle Newmedica Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne	69 miles	6 wks	3 wks
Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle Gateshead	66 miles	7 wks	2 wks
Spamedica North Tyneside Newcastle upon Tyne	73 miles	7 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Surgical Services	5,006	12 wks
Gynaecology	3,642	18 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	3,494	13 wks
Cardiology	2,780	15 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	2,765	14 wks
Urology	2,194	11 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.