Ophthalmology waiting times at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

7week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,576 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 7 weeks, half less. It is about 4 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty. 5 of them have been waiting more than a year.

85%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

88 / 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. 11% 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	18 miles	4 wks	3 wks
Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme Newcastle	50 miles	4 wks	3 wks
Spamedica Kendal Kendal	65 miles	4 wks	3 wks
Spamedica Bolton Bolton	11 miles	5 wks	2 wks
Spamedica Blackpool Blackpool	27 miles	5 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	8,954	14 wks
Other: Other Services	5,137	15 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	4,921	17 wks
Gastroenterology	4,418	16 wks
Gynaecology	2,986	13 wks
Cardiology	2,970	13 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.