Ophthalmology waiting times at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

11week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 6,870 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 11 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks longer than a year ago. 29 of them have been waiting more than a year.

71%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

227 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

2 weeks longer 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. 25% 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
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth	23 miles	3 wks	7 wks
Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham	52 miles	4 wks	7 wks
Spamedica Bristol Bristol	72 miles	4 wks	6 wks
Optegra Eye Hospital Brighton Brighton	72 miles	4 wks	6 wks
Spamedica Epsom Epsom	72 miles	4 wks	6 wks

Other waits here

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

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Medical Services	9,053	12 wks
Other: Paediatric Services	6,222	11 wks
Neurology	6,118	15 wks
Dermatology	5,742	10 wks
Other: Surgical Services	4,241	9 wks
Gynaecology	4,211	17 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.