Ophthalmology waiting times at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

16week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 6,277 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 16 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 6 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 206 of them have been waiting more than a year.

55%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

291 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks shorter 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. 40% 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 Preston Preston	31 miles	4 wks	12 wks
Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme Newcastle	40 miles	4 wks	12 wks
Spamedica Derby Derby	66 miles	4 wks	12 wks
Spamedica Kendal Kendal	74 miles	4 wks	12 wks
Spamedica Bolton Bolton	10 miles	5 wks	12 wks

Other waits here

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

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Neurology	17,432	14 wks
Dermatology	15,213	17 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	14,062	14 wks
Gastroenterology	13,650	16 wks
Gynaecology	10,028	17 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	9,314	16 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.