Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Plater Way, Sunderland, SR1 3AE
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 61,738 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 7.2 wks | 4,766 |
| Urology | 12.3 wks | 6,466 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.6 wks | 8,783 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 9.0 wks | 5,138 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 10.0 wks | 9,353 |
| Oral surgery | 11.7 wks | 5,032 |
| Gastroenterology | 4.2 wks | 1,127 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 8.1 wks | 2,451 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.4 wks | 2,634 |
| Neurology | 9.2 wks | 1,623 |
| Rheumatology | 11.1 wks | 1,072 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.4 wks | 1,015 |
| Gynaecology | 9.6 wks | 3,534 |
| Other medical specialties | 6.1 wks | 1,593 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 11.0 wks | 3,007 |
| Other surgical specialties | 7.1 wks | 117 |
| Other services | 3.9 wks | 4,027 |
More about waiting times at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital: Good. Published 10 June 2020. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 3 February 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 74.7% of the 21,549 people who went to A&E at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GatesheadGateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | 7.9 miles | 9.3 wks |
| North Tyneside General HospitalNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 8.7 miles | 9.7 wks |
| Freeman HospitalThe Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 10.4 miles | 10.3 wks |
| University Hospital North DurhamCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | 11.6 miles | 12.3 wks |
| University Hospital of HartlepoolNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | 15.6 miles | 11.1 wks |
| Redcar Primary Care HospitalSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 24.9 miles | 12.2 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Durham Diagnostics and Treatment Centre, Durham
- South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields
- Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland