Ophthalmology waiting times at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

10week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 5,443 people on the ophthalmology list here have been waiting longer than 10 weeks, half less. That is 1 week shorter than a year ago. 31 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

206 / 298

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week 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. 26% 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
Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Worksop	58 miles	5 wks	5 wks
Spamedica Chesterfield Chesterfield	66 miles	5 wks	5 wks
The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley	39 miles	5 wks	5 wks
Spamedica Oldham Oldham	64 miles	5 wks	4 wks
Phoenix Health Solutions Limited Hq Pontefract	34 miles	6 wks	4 wks

Other waits here

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

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Surgical Services	7,946	14 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	7,552	16 wks
Other: Medical Services	6,844	14 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	4,745	12 wks
Oral Surgery	4,028	19 wks
Gynaecology	3,572	18 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.