Ophthalmology waiting times at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

13week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 8,927 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 13 weeks, half less. It is about 3 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 160 of them have been waiting more than a year.

63%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

273 / 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. 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 Exeter Exeter	5 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet	66 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Spamedica Taunton Taunton	36 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Spamedica Dorchester Dorchester	58 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Plymouth Newmedica Ltd Plymouth	43 miles	7 wks	6 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	10,303	19 wks
Other: Medical Services	7,567	10 wks
Other: Surgical Services	6,544	11 wks
Cardiology	5,813	15 wks
Dermatology	5,570	9 wks
Gynaecology	5,089	14 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.