ShortestWait

Ophthalmology (eyes) waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for ophthalmology (eyes) treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

Includes treatments such as eyes, eye, cataract, cataracts, glaucoma, macular, retina, squint.

England median wait
10.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
32.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
72%
People waiting
625,063

Shortest ophthalmology (eyes) waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 11.9 weeks to 10.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.051015Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202610.4 wks
Show the figures
MonthEngland
August 202610.4
July 202610.2
June 20269.9
May 202610.2
April 20269.7
March 20269.1
February 202610.9
January 202611.4
December 202510.9
November 202510
October 202510.2
September 202510.5
August 202510.6
July 202510.3
June 202510.3
May 202510.6
April 202510.2
March 20259.9
February 202511.3
January 202511.7
December 202411.5
November 202411
October 202411.5
September 202411.9

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Independent South East 178 3.2 wks 18.3 wks 92% 3.0 weeks shorter
2 Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (N2s) Independent East of England 425 3.4 wks 12.6 wks 97% 0.5 weeks shorter
3 Spamedica Bedford Independent East of England 235 3.7 wks 20.8 wks 88% 0.5 weeks shorter
4 Spamedica Wokingham Independent South East 198 3.9 wks 23.1 wks 86% 0.1 weeks shorter
5 Spamedica Bexhill Independent South East 235 3.9 wks 18.6 wks 91% 0.5 weeks longer
6 Probus Surgical Centre Independent South West 530 4.0 wks 9.5 wks 98% 0.1 weeks shorter
7 Spamedica Brighton Independent South East 231 4.0 wks 23.5 wks 86% 0.2 weeks shorter
8 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Independent South West 311 4.1 wks 14.5 wks 96% 1.0 weeks shorter
9 Spamedica Newcastle-under-Lyme Independent Midlands 320 4.2 wks 11.2 wks 97% 2.8 weeks shorter
10 The Berkshire Independent Hospital Independent South East 134 4.3 wks 9.1 wks 100% 1.6 weeks longer
11 Spamedica Oxford Independent South East 262 4.4 wks 20.5 wks 89% 0.4 weeks shorter
12 Benenden Hospital Independent South East 90 4.4 wks 27.8 wks 87% 1.3 weeks longer
13 Spamedica Preston Independent North West 255 4.5 wks 16.9 wks 93% 0.5 weeks longer
14 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Independent South East 484 4.5 wks 18.6 wks 91% 1.6 weeks longer
15 Anglia Community Eye Service - Cambridge Independent East of England 200 4.6 wks 23.0 wks 89% 1.3 weeks shorter
16 Spamedica Epsom Independent South East 350 4.6 wks 21.5 wks 88% 0.2 weeks shorter
17 Optegra Eye Hospital Brighton Independent South East 843 4.7 wks 13.4 wks 98% no change
18 Spamedica Gloucester Independent South West 86 4.7 wks 20.0 wks 91% 0.2 weeks longer
19 Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter Independent Midlands 255 4.7 wks 14.9 wks 96% 3.4 weeks shorter
20 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Independent South West 102 4.7 wks 10.4 wks 99% 3.1 weeks longer
21 Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone Independent South East 475 4.7 wks 13.0 wks 97% 0.2 weeks shorter
22 Spamedica Skelmersdale Independent North West 130 4.7 wks 19.6 wks 91% 0.5 weeks longer
23 Spamedica Truro Independent South West 408 4.8 wks 22.2 wks 89% 0.3 weeks shorter
24 Spamedica Derby Independent Midlands 258 4.8 wks 22.3 wks 88% 0.8 weeks shorter
25 Spamedica Kendal Independent North West 386 4.9 wks 19.7 wks 91% 0.8 weeks longer
26 Independent Health Group Independent 44 sites South West 226 4.9 wks 15.6 wks 98% 1.5 weeks longer
27 Spamedica Blackpool Independent North West 221 5.0 wks 21.3 wks 90% 1.1 weeks longer
28 The Yorkshire Clinic Independent North East and Yorkshire 725 5.0 wks 14.8 wks 94% 0.9 weeks longer
29 Spamedica Norwich Independent East of England 289 5.0 wks 26.6 wks 84% 3.0 weeks shorter
30 Ces Medical Independent 7 sites North West 232 5.0 wks 14.1 wks 97% 3.3 weeks shorter
31 Spamedica Widnes Independent North West 375 5.1 wks 15.5 wks 94% 0.5 weeks longer
32 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Independent South East 599 5.1 wks 19.0 wks 90% 1.3 weeks longer
33 Bishops Wood Hospital Independent London 53 5.1 wks 10.4 wks 98% 1.7 weeks shorter
34 Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road Independent South West 168 5.1 wks 25.9 wks 86% 1.5 weeks shorter
35 Optegra (Surrey Eye Hospital) Independent South East 902 5.1 wks 15.3 wks 96% 1.2 weeks shorter
36 Spamedica Sheffield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Independent North East and Yorkshire 82 5.1 wks 11.8 wks 99% 0.2 weeks shorter
37 Spamedica Bolton Independent North West 710 5.1 wks 14.2 wks 95% 0.3 weeks shorter
38 Spamedica Colchester Independent East of England 194 5.1 wks 21.8 wks 89% 1.7 weeks longer
39 Anglia Community Eye Service - Peterborough Independent East of England 284 5.2 wks 20.6 wks 89% 1.7 weeks shorter
40 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Independent London 159 5.3 wks 13.7 wks 100% 1.2 weeks longer
41 Anglia Community Eye Service Ltd Independent East of England 744 5.3 wks 16.3 wks 93% 1.0 weeks shorter
42 Spamedica Wirral Independent North West 458 5.4 wks 13.4 wks 96% 1.4 weeks longer
43 Spamedica Haydock Independent North West 337 5.4 wks 21.0 wks 88% 0.2 weeks longer
44 Newmedica - Nottingham Independent Midlands 769 5.5 wks 15.7 wks 96% 0.4 weeks longer
45 ACES Southampton Independent South East 55 5.5 wks 15.6 wks 96% 0.3 weeks shorter
46 ACES Liverpool Independent North West 54 5.5 wks 25.7 wks 91% 1.8 weeks shorter
47 Spamedica Luton Independent East of England 235 5.5 wks 26.2 wks 84% 1.7 weeks longer
48 Optegra Eye Hospital Preston Independent North West 338 5.5 wks 13.7 wks 97% 1.2 weeks shorter
49 Spamedica Peterborough Independent East of England 479 5.5 wks 24.2 wks 87% no change
50 Spamedica Cambridge Independent East of England 492 5.6 wks 26.3 wks 86% 0.3 weeks shorter
51 London Independent Hospital Independent London 131 5.6 wks 14.9 wks 97% 1.6 weeks longer
52 Spamedica Wolverhampton Independent Midlands 765 5.6 wks 22.0 wks 90% 1.7 weeks shorter
53 Spamedica Sittingbourne Independent South East 232 5.6 wks 23.1 wks 85% 0.4 weeks longer
54 Spamedica Oldham Independent North West 710 5.6 wks 22.3 wks 88% 0.3 weeks shorter
55 Spamedica Chesterfield Independent Midlands 138 5.7 wks 20.5 wks 88% 0.5 weeks longer
56 Anglia Community Eye Service - Thetford Healthy Living Centre Independent East of England 277 5.7 wks 15.3 wks 95% 0.6 weeks longer
57 Spamedica Chelmsford Independent East of England 714 5.8 wks 19.7 wks 90% 1.1 weeks shorter
58 Spamedica Dalston Independent London 484 5.8 wks 21.5 wks 87% 0.8 weeks shorter
59 Shirley Oaks Hospital Independent London 53 5.8 wks 27.8 wks 85% 5.0 weeks shorter
60 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Independent Midlands 153 5.8 wks 16.0 wks 92% 1.8 weeks longer
61 Spamedica Leicester Independent Midlands 301 5.8 wks 20.9 wks 88% 3.7 weeks shorter
62 Spamedica Chester Independent North West 205 5.8 wks 19.3 wks 91% 0.2 weeks longer
63 Ashtead Hospital Independent South East 80 5.9 wks 23.3 wks 89% 0.2 weeks longer
64 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 630 5.9 wks 27.9 wks 81% 2.1 weeks shorter
65 Newmedica - Bromsgrove Independent Midlands 545 6.0 wks 20.2 wks 88% 1.4 weeks shorter
66 Spamedica Doncaster Independent North East and Yorkshire 362 6.0 wks 18.0 wks 92% 0.1 weeks shorter
67 ACES Manchester Independent North West 90 6.1 wks 25.8 wks 87% 4.2 weeks shorter
68 Newcastle Newmedica Ltd Independent North East and Yorkshire 889 6.1 wks 14.1 wks 98% 0.5 weeks longer
69 Newmedica - Worcester Independent Midlands 1,029 6.1 wks 20.4 wks 88% 1.0 weeks shorter
70 Newmedica - North Derbyshire - Midland Court Independent Midlands 1,162 6.2 wks 18.6 wks 90% 0.6 weeks longer
71 Newmedica - Bristol - Litfield House Independent South West 350 6.2 wks 26.5 wks 86% 1.0 weeks longer
72 Spamedica Solihull Independent Midlands 416 6.2 wks 25.2 wks 87% 2.6 weeks shorter
73 ACES Milton Keynes Independent East of England 216 6.2 wks 12.7 wks 97% 1.8 weeks shorter
74 Spamedica Birmingham Independent Midlands 829 6.2 wks 20.2 wks 91% 0.3 weeks longer
75 Spamedica Liverpool Independent North West 469 6.2 wks 21.7 wks 89% 1.3 weeks longer
76 Spamedica Hull Independent North East and Yorkshire 567 6.2 wks 14.2 wks 96% 0.3 weeks longer
77 Anglia Community Eye Services Fakenham Independent East of England 493 6.2 wks 18.1 wks 92% 0.6 weeks longer
78 Optegra (Solent Eye Hospital) Independent South East 804 6.3 wks 16.2 wks 95% 0.9 weeks longer
79 Spamedica Wembley Independent London 460 6.4 wks 27.2 wks 84% 1.2 weeks longer
80 Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester Independent East of England 273 6.4 wks 17.8 wks 92% 1.3 weeks shorter
81 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,679 6.4 wks 21.2 wks 86% 0.1 weeks shorter
82 Spamedica Gateshead Independent North East and Yorkshire 403 6.4 wks 17.8 wks 92% 2.6 weeks shorter
83 Phoenix Health Solutions Limited Hq Independent 3 sites North East and Yorkshire 195 6.5 wks 14.8 wks 97% 1.4 weeks longer
84 Chaucer Hospital Independent South East 163 6.5 wks 13.5 wks 95% 2.9 weeks shorter
85 Spamedica Macclesfield Community Diagnostic & Treatment Centre Independent North West 76 6.5 wks 20.9 wks 84% 0.5 weeks longer
86 Epsomedical Group Independent 3 sites South East 462 6.6 wks 15.9 wks 97% 1.7 weeks longer
87 Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Independent Midlands 190 6.6 wks 18.6 wks 90% 1.1 weeks longer
88 Spamedica Coventry Independent Midlands 793 6.6 wks 20.8 wks 89% 0.3 weeks longer
89 Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Independent Midlands 144 6.6 wks 39.5 wks 67% 5.7 weeks shorter
90 Spamedica Dorchester Independent South West 643 6.7 wks 20.1 wks 91% 1.1 weeks shorter
91 Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Independent South West 372 6.7 wks 18.2 wks 92% 0.3 weeks shorter
92 Spamedica North Tyneside Independent North East and Yorkshire 434 6.7 wks 18.4 wks 91% 2.2 weeks shorter
93 Spamedica Swindon Independent South West 100 6.7 wks 26.0 wks 80% 2.7 weeks longer
94 Woodthorpe Hospital Independent Midlands 355 6.7 wks 17.3 wks 93% 1.0 weeks longer
95 Spamedica Romford Independent London 776 6.7 wks 22.9 wks 85% 0.5 weeks shorter
96 Spamedica Carlisle Independent North East and Yorkshire 830 6.7 wks 19.1 wks 91% 1.8 weeks shorter
97 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 1,246 6.7 wks 21.2 wks 87% no change
98 Spamedica Stockton-on-Tees Independent North East and Yorkshire 438 6.7 wks 18.0 wks 92% 1.4 weeks shorter
99 Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House Independent East of England 524 6.7 wks 16.6 wks 94% 0.4 weeks shorter
100 Spamedica Sheffield Independent North East and Yorkshire 395 6.7 wks 20.9 wks 90% 0.3 weeks longer
101 Newmedica - Gloucester (Brighouse Court) Independent South West 1,021 6.8 wks 27.3 wks 82% 0.2 weeks shorter
102 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,595 6.8 wks 26.3 wks 82% 0.2 weeks shorter
103 Newmedica - Birmingham Independent Midlands 1,074 6.9 wks 17.6 wks 93% 0.1 weeks shorter
104 Optegra (Birmingham Eye Hospital) Independent Midlands 777 6.9 wks 18.2 wks 92% 1.2 weeks shorter
105 Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle Independent North East and Yorkshire 439 7.0 wks 17.8 wks 92% 0.3 weeks shorter
106 Newmedica - Langford Independent South West 392 7.0 wks 29.2 wks 77% 0.3 weeks longer
107 Newmedica - Ipswich Independent East of England 912 7.1 wks 15.6 wks 95% 0.3 weeks longer
108 ACES White City Independent London 185 7.1 wks 28.1 wks 84% 0.1 weeks shorter
109 Goring Hall Hospital Independent South East 103 7.1 wks 20.9 wks 88% 1.0 weeks shorter
110 Rivers Hospital Independent East of England 299 7.1 wks 24.4 wks 87% 2.4 weeks shorter
111 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 2,599 7.1 wks 19.4 wks 89% 0.8 weeks longer
112 Newmedica - Teesside - North Ormesby Independent North East and Yorkshire 1,641 7.2 wks 17.9 wks 92% 0.3 weeks longer
113 ACES Bristol Independent South West 118 7.2 wks 26.2 wks 86% 1.4 weeks shorter
114 Spamedica Newark Independent Midlands 470 7.3 wks 19.5 wks 91% 1.6 weeks longer
115 Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd Independent 2 sites South West 128 7.3 wks 13.9 wks 95% 0.9 weeks longer
116 Spamedica Manchester Independent North West 299 7.3 wks 27.3 wks 82% 0.1 weeks shorter
117 ACES Chelmsford Independent East of England 104 7.3 wks 16.9 wks 92% 1.2 weeks longer
118 Spamedica Poole Independent South West 1,026 7.3 wks 21.7 wks 88% 0.1 weeks shorter
119 Newmedica - Norwich Independent East of England 1,741 7.3 wks 23.2 wks 87% 1.1 weeks shorter
120 Spamedica Exeter Independent South West 358 7.3 wks 23.7 wks 87% 0.3 weeks shorter
121 Spamedica Telford Independent Midlands 440 7.4 wks 18.4 wks 92% 0.2 weeks shorter
122 Spamedica Sale Independent North West 232 7.4 wks 26.8 wks 81% 0.3 weeks longer
123 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 872 7.4 wks 23.6 wks 82% 1.2 weeks longer
124 Optegra (Manchester Eye Hospital) Independent North West 912 7.4 wks 17.2 wks 93% 0.4 weeks shorter
125 Newmedica - Cheshire Oaks Independent North West 498 7.4 wks 21.8 wks 87% 2.7 weeks shorter
126 Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Independent East of England 178 7.4 wks 22.3 wks 88% 0.8 weeks shorter
127 Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology - North West Independent North West 1,183 7.5 wks 16.6 wks 96% 2.5 weeks shorter
128 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,721 7.5 wks 23.8 wks 82% 0.2 weeks longer
129 Spamedica Bromley Independent London 693 7.5 wks 24.7 wks 85% 0.7 weeks shorter
130 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,671 7.5 wks 32.4 wks 79% 0.7 weeks shorter
131 Spamedica Taunton Independent South West 740 7.6 wks 24.8 wks 86% 1.6 weeks shorter
132 Community Health and Eyecare Limited Independent 132 sites North West 4,149 7.6 wks 23.1 wks 86% 0.9 weeks shorter
133 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 42,168 7.7 wks 23.7 wks 85% 0.5 weeks shorter
134 Newmedica - Exeter - Glen House Independent South West 445 7.7 wks 15.8 wks 95% 0.1 weeks shorter
135 Spamedica Watford Independent East of England 457 7.7 wks 23.4 wks 85% 2.6 weeks longer
136 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Independent South West 852 7.7 wks 23.0 wks 84% 1.5 weeks longer
137 Spamedica Leeds Independent North East and Yorkshire 335 7.7 wks 16.4 wks 93% 1.0 weeks longer
138 Spamedica Portsmouth Independent South East 174 7.8 wks 32.4 wks 79% 1.0 weeks longer
139 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,771 7.8 wks 21.3 wks 86% 1.0 weeks longer
140 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,153 7.8 wks 21.5 wks 86% 1.0 weeks shorter
141 Newmedica - Manchester West Independent North West 308 7.9 wks 22.8 wks 86% no change
142 Spamedica Bristol Independent South West 323 7.9 wks 20.2 wks 85% 4.2 weeks longer
143 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 4,117 8.0 wks 27.0 wks 80% 0.3 weeks longer
144 Optegra Eye Hospital Sheffield Independent North East and Yorkshire 408 8.0 wks 18.6 wks 91% 1.0 weeks longer
145 Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Independent Midlands 254 8.0 wks 20.6 wks 86% 0.9 weeks shorter
146 Spamedica Croydon Independent London 148 8.0 wks 28.2 wks 74% 2.8 weeks longer
147 Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield) Independent North East and Yorkshire 672 8.0 wks 16.6 wks 93% 2.5 weeks longer
148 Midland Eye (Eye-Docs Ltd) Independent Midlands 685 8.1 wks 15.5 wks 97% 0.9 weeks shorter
149 Spamedica Bradford Independent North East and Yorkshire 273 8.1 wks 18.5 wks 91% 2.4 weeks longer
150 Optegra London Eye Hospital Independent London 1,255 8.1 wks 25.7 wks 81% 1.2 weeks longer
151 Plymouth Newmedica Ltd Independent South West 760 8.1 wks 19.2 wks 91% 1.4 weeks longer
152 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,794 8.1 wks 24.2 wks 83% 0.7 weeks longer
153 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 2,618 8.3 wks 32.4 wks 79% 1.0 weeks shorter
154 Newmedica - Bradford & Huddersfield Independent North East and Yorkshire 984 8.3 wks 21.6 wks 87% 1.2 weeks longer
155 Spamedica Worcester Independent Midlands 440 8.3 wks 23.7 wks 85% 2.1 weeks longer
156 Newmedica - Brigg - Riverside Surgery Independent North East and Yorkshire 685 8.3 wks 24.0 wks 84% 1.1 weeks shorter
157 Newmedica Aztec West Independent South West 850 8.4 wks 36.0 wks 74% 1.5 weeks longer
158 Newmedica - Darlington Independent North East and Yorkshire 64 8.4 wks 18.9 wks 91% 1.8 weeks shorter
159 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 3,421 8.4 wks 23.1 wks 83% 0.4 weeks longer
160 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,017 8.4 wks 25.5 wks 81% 0.8 weeks shorter
161 Woodlands Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 763 8.4 wks 20.9 wks 86% 1.3 weeks longer
162 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,978 8.6 wks 23.3 wks 83% 0.5 weeks longer
163 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,271 8.6 wks 29.0 wks 77% 0.1 weeks shorter
164 Optegra Eye Hospital Nottingham Independent Midlands 121 8.7 wks 17.1 wks 95% 2.6 weeks longer
165 Southend Private Hospital Independent East of England 1,103 8.7 wks 23.0 wks 81% 0.5 weeks shorter
166 Newmedica Leicester Independent Midlands 981 8.8 wks 23.9 wks 86% 0.4 weeks longer
167 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 7,138 8.8 wks 30.0 wks 76% 0.7 weeks longer
168 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 3,716 8.8 wks 25.0 wks 80% 0.9 weeks longer
169 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 865 8.8 wks 26.4 wks 76% 1.1 weeks shorter
170 Glendon Wood Hospital Independent Midlands 572 8.8 wks 20.5 wks 88% 0.2 weeks longer
171 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,215 8.9 wks 25.0 wks 82% no change
172 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,987 8.9 wks 26.8 wks 83% 1.6 weeks shorter
173 St Hugh'S Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 171 8.9 wks 18.4 wks 91% 2.1 weeks longer
174 Optegra Eye Hospital West London Independent London 722 8.9 wks 25.1 wks 82% 1.3 weeks longer
175 ACES Dartford Independent South East 584 9.0 wks 21.9 wks 86% 0.5 weeks longer
176 ACES Exeter Independent South West 584 9.0 wks 21.9 wks 86% 0.8 weeks shorter
177 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 8,825 9.1 wks 29.9 wks 76% 0.7 weeks shorter
178 Stourside Hospital Independent Midlands 351 9.1 wks 17.4 wks 93% 0.3 weeks longer
179 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,502 9.1 wks 27.2 wks 79% 1.1 weeks longer
180 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,686 9.1 wks 23.5 wks 85% 1.7 weeks longer
181 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,649 9.2 wks 29.0 wks 79% 1.7 weeks shorter
182 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 10,452 9.2 wks 31.1 wks 79% 1.6 weeks longer
183 Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 615 9.2 wks 23.7 wks 84% 0.8 weeks longer
184 Newmedica - Shrewsbury Independent Midlands 444 9.2 wks 16.0 wks 97% 1.2 weeks longer
185 Newmedica - Wakefield Independent North East and Yorkshire 592 9.2 wks 20.4 wks 89% 0.2 weeks shorter
186 Circle Reading Hospital Independent South East 113 9.3 wks 33.0 wks 72% 0.8 weeks longer
187 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Independent 14 sites South East 190 9.3 wks 26.8 wks 79% 2.1 weeks shorter
188 Hendon Hospital Independent London 146 9.4 wks 33.2 wks 68% 2.0 weeks shorter
189 Optegra Eye Hospital York Independent North East and Yorkshire 720 9.4 wks 20.0 wks 87% 2.3 weeks longer
190 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 5,934 9.4 wks 29.1 wks 75% 0.7 weeks longer
191 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 1,091 9.5 wks 26.2 wks 81% 0.5 weeks longer
192 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,156 9.5 wks 30.8 wks 72% 0.4 weeks shorter
193 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 3,198 9.5 wks 25.2 wks 79% 0.1 weeks longer
194 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 7,983 9.5 wks 27.3 wks 79% 0.2 weeks shorter
195 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 5,384 9.6 wks 29.4 wks 76% 1.0 weeks longer
196 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 8,348 9.7 wks 30.6 wks 77% 0.1 weeks shorter
197 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,344 9.7 wks 24.4 wks 81% 0.6 weeks shorter
198 Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - Leeds Independent North East and Yorkshire 740 9.7 wks 20.8 wks 86% 1.7 weeks longer
199 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,829 9.8 wks 26.6 wks 75% 0.2 weeks shorter
200 Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby Independent North East and Yorkshire 929 9.8 wks 25.2 wks 78% 0.1 weeks shorter
201 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 8,554 9.8 wks 39.1 wks 68% 3.2 weeks shorter
202 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,997 9.9 wks 25.1 wks 80% 0.2 weeks shorter
203 Pinehill Hospital Independent East of England 147 9.9 wks 38.1 wks 77% 1.1 weeks longer
204 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 9,353 10.0 wks 26.9 wks 75% 1.1 weeks longer
205 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,302 10.0 wks 25.4 wks 76% 2.2 weeks longer
206 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,400 10.0 wks 27.3 wks 78% 0.3 weeks shorter
207 Newmedica - Harrogate Independent North East and Yorkshire 362 10.1 wks 20.6 wks 84% 3.7 weeks longer
208 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 5,580 10.2 wks 36.6 wks 71% 0.1 weeks shorter
209 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,090 10.2 wks 25.1 wks 79% 0.8 weeks longer
210 New Hall Hospital Independent South West 137 10.3 wks 26.0 wks 85% 1.7 weeks shorter
211 Newmedica - Northampton Independent Midlands 1,231 10.3 wks 24.6 wks 77% 1.1 weeks longer
212 Somerset Surgical Services Hq Independent 7 sites South West 408 10.3 wks 22.9 wks 84% 0.5 weeks longer
213 ACES Leeds King Street Independent North East and Yorkshire 54 10.3 wks 16.8 wks 94% 6.6 weeks longer
214 Isight Independent 5 sites North West 1,266 10.5 wks 21.0 wks 81% 1.0 weeks longer
215 North Downs Hospital Independent South East 123 10.5 wks 19.2 wks 90% 3.9 weeks longer
216 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,113 10.5 wks 33.0 wks 72% 1.0 weeks shorter
217 Boston West Hospital Independent Midlands 684 10.6 wks 20.6 wks 84% 0.6 weeks longer
218 Blakelands Hospital Independent East of England 265 10.6 wks 23.6 wks 83% 2.6 weeks longer
219 Fairfield Independent Hospital Independent North West 54 10.8 wks 28.7 wks 65% 1.5 weeks shorter
220 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 4,083 10.8 wks 25.7 wks 78% 2.0 weeks longer
221 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,605 10.8 wks 30.2 wks 72% 1.1 weeks longer
222 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,893 11.0 wks 31.9 wks 71% 0.7 weeks shorter
223 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,948 11.0 wks 30.5 wks 70% 0.2 weeks longer
224 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,419 11.0 wks 25.1 wks 78% 1.3 weeks longer
225 Bath Clinic Independent South West 126 11.0 wks 25.3 wks 80% 1.6 weeks shorter
226 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 5,036 11.1 wks 31.7 wks 70% 0.9 weeks longer
227 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Independent South West 431 11.2 wks 26.8 wks 82% 2.5 weeks longer
228 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,391 11.2 wks 36.4 wks 68% 3.0 weeks shorter
229 Fitzwilliam Hospital Independent East of England 180 11.2 wks 23.8 wks 83% 1.2 weeks longer
230 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,919 11.2 wks 28.3 wks 73% 1.3 weeks longer
231 Newmedica - Berkshire Independent South East 1,267 11.2 wks 31.3 wks 68% 1.0 weeks shorter
232 The Stoneygate Eye Hospital Independent Midlands 1,002 11.3 wks 23.9 wks 74% 2.2 weeks longer
233 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 3,029 11.3 wks 36.7 wks 70% 0.6 weeks shorter
234 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,184 11.4 wks 33.0 wks 70% 1.6 weeks shorter
235 Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 1,056 11.6 wks 27.8 wks 71% 1.8 weeks longer
236 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,157 11.6 wks 34.2 wks 67% 0.4 weeks shorter
237 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 12,421 11.6 wks 34.3 wks 68% 0.1 weeks longer
238 Deeping Surgical Independent Midlands 155 11.7 wks 28.3 wks 74% 2.1 weeks longer
239 Optegra Eye Hospital Leicester Independent Midlands 197 11.7 wks 20.6 wks 84% 3.2 weeks longer
240 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 3,871 11.7 wks 31.3 wks 69% 0.6 weeks longer
241 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,487 11.8 wks 30.5 wks 68% 0.6 weeks longer
242 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 4,340 11.8 wks 35.9 wks 67% 0.7 weeks longer
243 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,382 11.8 wks 36.9 wks 67% 0.3 weeks longer
244 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,448 11.8 wks 29.9 wks 70% 0.1 weeks shorter
245 Fulwood Hall Hospital Independent North West 324 11.8 wks 22.9 wks 71% 3.4 weeks longer
246 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,241 11.8 wks 30.7 wks 68% 1.1 weeks longer
247 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,979 11.8 wks 36.1 wks 67% 0.8 weeks longer
248 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 5,114 11.8 wks 33.2 wks 66% no change
249 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,863 11.8 wks 33.9 wks 70% 0.5 weeks shorter
250 Beacon Park Hospital Independent Midlands 297 11.8 wks 33.1 wks 58% 5.5 weeks shorter
251 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 6,519 11.9 wks 33.6 wks 68% 0.1 weeks longer
252 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,014 11.9 wks 38.2 wks 63% 0.2 weeks shorter
253 Newmedica - Gloucester (Aspen Medical Centre) Independent South West 551 12.0 wks 32.7 wks 72% 1.7 weeks longer
254 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 9,466 12.0 wks 32.6 wks 65% 0.8 weeks shorter
255 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,853 12.0 wks 35.0 wks 67% 0.6 weeks longer
256 Spamedica Southampton Independent South East 315 12.1 wks 47.2 wks 64% 2.4 weeks longer
257 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 7,362 12.2 wks 33.6 wks 66% 0.3 weeks shorter
258 Ridgeway Hospital Independent South West 177 12.2 wks 22.7 wks 75% 0.1 weeks longer
259 Lincoln Private Hospital Independent Midlands 129 12.3 wks 26.7 wks 81% 2.2 weeks shorter
260 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,374 12.4 wks 29.0 wks 66% 0.4 weeks longer
261 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 9,222 12.4 wks 35.6 wks 64% 0.3 weeks longer
262 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 4,827 12.5 wks 29.6 wks 72% 1.3 weeks longer
263 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 9,374 12.5 wks 40.7 wks 64% 0.6 weeks shorter
264 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 5,853 12.5 wks 33.5 wks 69% 0.3 weeks longer
265 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,334 12.5 wks 39.1 wks 64% 0.9 weeks shorter
266 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,697 12.7 wks 31.7 wks 64% 0.3 weeks shorter
267 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 2,354 12.8 wks 38.1 wks 64% 0.2 weeks longer
268 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 10,206 13.0 wks 31.8 wks 65% 0.3 weeks longer
269 Newmedica - Oxfordshire Independent South East 1,154 13.1 wks 26.7 wks 66% 5.5 weeks longer
270 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,404 13.2 wks 39.5 wks 62% 1.2 weeks longer
271 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,439 13.2 wks 37.2 wks 64% 0.4 weeks shorter
272 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,544 13.4 wks 41.0 wks 61% 1.1 weeks longer
273 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 8,549 13.4 wks 42.1 wks 61% 0.2 weeks longer
274 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,267 13.8 wks 33.1 wks 61% 0.1 weeks shorter
275 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 3,299 14.0 wks 38.6 wks 59% 0.2 weeks longer
276 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 5,977 14.0 wks 41.7 wks 60% 0.7 weeks longer
277 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 9,306 14.0 wks 42.5 wks 61% 1.3 weeks longer
278 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 12,550 14.0 wks 46.0 wks 62% 1.0 weeks longer
279 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 2,321 14.1 wks 32.5 wks 61% 1.0 weeks shorter
280 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 13,629 14.2 wks 43.3 wks 59% 0.2 weeks shorter
281 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 5,381 14.2 wks 32.0 wks 62% 2.6 weeks longer
282 Border Health Alliance Limited Independent Midlands 651 14.3 wks 26.9 wks 62% 2.9 weeks longer
283 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 3,227 14.4 wks 41.8 wks 62% 0.8 weeks longer
284 Newmedica - Hertforshire - Welwyn Garden City Independent East of England 1,407 14.4 wks 32.0 wks 61% 4.9 weeks longer
285 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,242 14.8 wks 38.1 wks 58% 0.8 weeks longer
286 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,662 14.8 wks 37.9 wks 59% 1.6 weeks longer
287 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,044 14.8 wks 37.4 wks 59% 0.6 weeks longer
288 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 3,971 15.0 wks 45.4 wks 58% 2.5 weeks longer
289 Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Independent Midlands 184 15.0 wks 20.9 wks 77% 5.2 weeks longer
290 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,128 15.2 wks 43.9 wks 57% 2.0 weeks shorter
291 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 6,978 15.6 wks 44.0 wks 56% 1.7 weeks longer
292 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,370 15.6 wks 46.2 wks 56% 1.0 weeks longer
293 Newmedica - Hampshire Independent South East 1,827 15.7 wks 37.2 wks 56% 0.9 weeks longer
294 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 70 16.3 wks 50.2 wks 56% 0.6 weeks shorter
295 Blackheath Hospital Independent London 77 16.9 wks 35.8 wks 55% 1.5 weeks longer
296 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 13,036 17.4 wks 45.3 wks 52% 1.5 weeks longer
297 Newmedica - Berkshire - Bracknell Independent South East 113 17.5 wks 26.7 wks 51% 7.1 weeks longer
298 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,433 17.7 wks 45.4 wks 51% 1.0 weeks longer
299 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 6,195 17.8 wks 43.9 wks 51% 1.5 weeks longer
300 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,583 18.0 wks 45.7 wks 50% 1.8 weeks longer
301 Mount Stuart Hospital Independent South West 269 23.4 wks 37.9 wks 28% 5.7 weeks longer

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