Home A&E now Eye casualty Eye casualty and eye A&E 9 eye A&E departments report to NHS England, plus a minor injuries and eye unit. Most people seen within 4 hours in September 2026: King Edward VII Hospital , 9 in 10 .
Where to go Life-threatening (chest pain, trouble breathing, heavy bleeding, stroke signs, a fit, cannot be woken): call 999 .Urgent but not life-threatening : A&E, or an urgent treatment centre, often quicker for cuts, sprains, minor burns and minor breaks.Not sure : NHS 111 , online or by phone. They can book you a slot.Minor (coughs, colds, rashes): a pharmacist, no appointment needed.Eye A&E departments Monthly : NHS England , September 2026 .
Eye clinic waits by hospital Shortest at a large NHS trust: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust , 19 weeks for most people.
London Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES White City Hammersmith and Fulham 28 weeks 185 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Havering 23 weeks 3,421 Barts Health NHS Trust Tower Hamlets 34 weeks 6,519 Blackheath Hospital Lewisham 36 weeks 77 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea 37 weeks 2,438 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Sutton 19 weeks 2,599 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth 25 weeks 3,210 Hendon Hospital Barnet 33 weeks 146 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Westminster 29 weeks 5,384 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth 46 weeks 12,546 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames 26 weeks 4,080 London Independent Hospital Tower Hamlets 15 weeks 131 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Brent 21 weeks 1,244 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Islington 24 weeks 42,010 Optegra Eye Hospital West London Hounslow 25 weeks 722 Optegra London Eye Hospital Barnet 26 weeks 1,255 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Redbridge 14 weeks 159 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Camden 34 weeks 7,359 Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon 28 weeks 53 Spamedica Bromley Bromley 25 weeks 693 Spamedica Croydon Croydon 28 weeks 148 Spamedica Dalston Hackney 22 weeks 484 Spamedica Romford Havering 23 weeks 776 Spamedica Wembley Brent 27 weeks 460 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hillingdon 27 weeks 2,827 Whittington Health NHS Trust Islington 26 weeks 1,091
South East Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES Dartford Dartford 22 weeks 584 ACES Milton Keynes Milton Keynes 13 weeks 216 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Runnymede 32 weeks 4,697 Benenden Hospital Tunbridge Wells 28 weeks 90 Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes 24 weeks 265 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Buckinghamshire 32 weeks 5,380 Chaucer Hospital Canterbury 13 weeks 163 Circle Reading Hospital Reading 33 weeks 113 Dorking Healthcare Limited (DHC) Reigate and Banstead 27 weeks 190 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury 41 weeks 5,543 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Hastings 25 weeks 3,706 Epsomedical Group Elmbridge 16 weeks 462 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Heath 31 weeks 4,156 Goring Hall Hospital Worthing 21 weeks 103 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and Deane 23 weeks 2,978 Isle of Wight NHS Trust Isle of Wight 33 weeks 2,321 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone 29 weeks 5,934 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes 44 weeks 4,128 Newmedica - Berkshire Slough 31 weeks 1,267 Newmedica - Berkshire - Bracknell Bracknell Forest 27 weeks 113 Newmedica - Hampshire Winchester 37 weeks 1,827 Newmedica - Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse 27 weeks 1,154 Optegra (Solent Eye Hospital) Winchester 16 weeks 804 Optegra (Surrey Eye Hospital) Guildford 15 weeks 902 Optegra Eye Hospital Brighton Brighton and Hove 13 weeks 843 Optegra Eye Hospital Maidstone Tonbridge and Malling 13 weeks 475 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford 45 weeks 5,430 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth 44 weeks 6,978 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton 18 weeks 178 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Medway 19 weeks 599 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, St Mary's Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 weeks 484 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mid Sussex 30 weeks 2,443 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading 25 weeks 5,419 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford 33 weeks 2,265 Spamedica Bexhill Rother 19 weeks 235 Spamedica Brighton Mid Sussex 24 weeks 231 Spamedica Epsom Epsom and Ewell 22 weeks 350 Spamedica Oxford West Oxfordshire 21 weeks 262 Spamedica Portsmouth Portsmouth 32 weeks 174 Spamedica Sittingbourne Swale 23 weeks 232 Spamedica Southampton Eastleigh 47 weeks 315 Spamedica Wokingham Wokingham 23 weeks 198 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Reigate and Banstead 25 weeks 3,198 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton 36 weeks 6,979 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing 45 weeks 13,036
South West Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES Bristol Bristol 26 weeks 118 ACES Exeter Exeter 22 weeks 584 Bath Clinic Bath and North East Somerset 25 weeks 126 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol 30 weeks 7,090 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset 30 weeks 2,605 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham 21 weeks 3,134 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon 37 weeks 3,042 Independent Health Group Bath and North East Somerset 16 weeks 226 Mount Stuart Hospital Torbay 38 weeks 269 New Hall Hospital Wiltshire 26 weeks 137 Newmedica - Bristol - Litfield House Bristol 27 weeks 350 Newmedica - Exeter - Glen House Exeter 16 weeks 445 Newmedica - Gloucester (Aspen Medical Centre) Gloucester 33 weeks 551 Newmedica - Gloucester (Brighouse Court) Gloucester 27 weeks 1,021 Newmedica - Langford North Somerset 29 weeks 392 Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road Swindon 26 weeks 168 Newmedica Aztec West South Gloucestershire 36 weeks 850 Plymouth Newmedica Ltd Plymouth 19 weeks 760 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South Gloucestershire 15 weeks 311 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth 10 weeks 102 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Somerset 23 weeks 852 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Wiltshire 27 weeks 431 Probus Surgical Centre Cornwall 10 weeks 530 Ridgeway Hospital Swindon 23 weeks 177 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall 27 weeks 4,117 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter 42 weeks 8,545 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath and North East Somerset 21 weeks 2,769 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Wiltshire 25 weeks 1,997 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset 29 weeks 3,270 Somerset Surgical Services HQ North Somerset 23 weeks 408 Spamedica Bristol South Gloucestershire 20 weeks 323 Spamedica Dorchester Dorset 20 weeks 643 Spamedica Exeter East Devon 24 weeks 358 Spamedica Gloucester Gloucester 20 weeks 86 Spamedica Poole Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 22 weeks 1,026 Spamedica Swindon Wiltshire 26 weeks 100 Spamedica Taunton Somerset 25 weeks 740 Spamedica Truro Cornwall 22 weeks 408 Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath and North East Somerset 18 weeks 372 Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd Cotswold 14 weeks 128 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 30 weeks 4,827
East of England Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES Chelmsford Chelmsford 17 weeks 104 Anglia Community Eye Service - Cambridge Cambridge 23 weeks 200 Anglia Community Eye Service - Peterborough Peterborough 21 weeks 284 Anglia Community Eye Service - Thetford Healthy Living Centre Breckland 15 weeks 277 Anglia Community Eye Service Ltd Fenland 16 weeks 744 Anglia Community Eye Services Fakenham North Norfolk 18 weeks 493 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton 34 weeks 3,863 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge 35 weeks 3,853 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage 32 weeks 2,616 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester 36 weeks 9,217 Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough 24 weeks 180 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth 39 weeks 3,334 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend-on-Sea 43 weeks 13,624 Newmedica - Hertfordshire - Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Hatfield 32 weeks 1,407 Newmedica - Ipswich Ipswich 16 weeks 912 Newmedica - Norwich Broadland 23 weeks 1,741 Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House West Suffolk 17 weeks 524 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Norfolk 34 weeks 5,853 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough 42 weeks 5,976 Norwich and Norfolk Surgical Ltd (N2S) Norwich 13 weeks 425 Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Epping Forest 22 weeks 178 Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester Colchester 18 weeks 273 Pinehill Hospital North Hertfordshire 38 weeks 147 Rivers Hospital East Hertfordshire 24 weeks 299 Southend Private Hospital Southend-on-Sea 23 weeks 1,103 Spamedica Bedford Bedford 21 weeks 235 Spamedica Cambridge Cambridge 26 weeks 492 Spamedica Chelmsford Chelmsford 20 weeks 714 Spamedica Colchester Colchester 22 weeks 194 Spamedica Luton Luton 26 weeks 235 Spamedica Norwich Norwich 27 weeks 289 Spamedica Peterborough Peterborough 24 weeks 479 Spamedica Watford Watford 23 weeks 457 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow 37 weeks 3,029 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn and West Norfolk 38 weeks 2,014 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford 42 weeks 3,227 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk 33 weeks 2,113
East Midlands Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES Nottingham Nottingham 18 weeks 36 Boston West Hospital Boston 21 weeks 684 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield 31 weeks 2,240 Deeping Surgical South Kesteven 28 weeks 155 Glendon Wood Hospital North Northamptonshire 21 weeks 572 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North Northamptonshire 27 weeks 2,987 Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln 27 weeks 129 Newmedica - North Derbyshire - Midland Court Bolsover 19 weeks 1,162 Newmedica - Northampton West Northamptonshire 25 weeks 1,231 Newmedica - Nottingham Nottingham 16 weeks 769 Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries Bassetlaw 19 weeks 190 Newmedica Leicester Blaby 24 weeks 981 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham 39 weeks 8,554 Optegra Eye Hospital Leicester Blaby 21 weeks 197 Optegra Eye Hospital Nottingham Rushcliffe 17 weeks 121 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Bolsover 16 weeks 153 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ashfield 39 weeks 3,299 Spamedica Chesterfield Chesterfield 20 weeks 138 Spamedica Derby Derby 22 weeks 258 Spamedica Leicester Blaby 21 weeks 301 Spamedica Newark Newark and Sherwood 19 weeks 470 The Stoneygate Eye Hospital Leicester 24 weeks 1,002 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln 32 weeks 5,892 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby 32 weeks 10,206 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester 30 weeks 8,823 Woodthorpe Hospital Gedling 17 weeks 355
West Midlands Hospital Area Most people Waiting Beacon Park Hospital Stafford 33 weeks 297 Border Health Alliance Limited Herefordshire 27 weeks 651 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton and Bedworth 26 weeks 865 Midland Eye (Eye-Docs Ltd) Solihull 15 weeks 685 Newmedica - Birmingham Birmingham 18 weeks 1,074 Newmedica - Bromsgrove Bromsgrove 20 weeks 545 Newmedica - Shrewsbury Shropshire 16 weeks 444 Newmedica - Worcester Worcester 20 weeks 1,029 Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Shropshire 21 weeks 184 Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton 21 weeks 254 Optegra (Birmingham Eye Hospital) Birmingham 18 weeks 777 Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter East Staffordshire 15 weeks 255 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Sandwell 27 weeks 7,983 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick 45 weeks 3,971 Spamedica Birmingham Birmingham 20 weeks 829 Spamedica Coventry Coventry 21 weeks 793 Spamedica Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme 11 weeks 320 Spamedica Solihull Solihull 25 weeks 416 Spamedica Telford Telford and Wrekin 18 weeks 440 Spamedica Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 22 weeks 765 Spamedica Worcester Worcester 24 weeks 440 Stourside Hospital Dudley 17 weeks 351 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley 40 weeks 4,403 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton 41 weeks 9,370 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shropshire 28 weeks 3,919 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham 33 weeks 9,456 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry 46 weeks 6,573 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent 46 weeks 6,367 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall 24 weeks 872 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester 29 weeks 6,371 Wye Valley NHS Trust Herefordshire 26 weeks 2,252
North West Hospital Area Most people Waiting ACES Liverpool Liverpool 26 weeks 54 ACES Manchester Manchester 26 weeks 90 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool 36 weeks 3,390 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton 32 weeks 5,036 Ces Medical Blackburn with Darwen 14 weeks 232 Community Health and Eyecare Limited Preston 23 weeks 4,149 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire West and Chester 32 weeks 2,725 East Cheshire NHS Trust Cheshire East 38 weeks 2,352 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn with Darwen 36 weeks 4,339 Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston 23 weeks 324 Isight Sefton 21 weeks 1,266 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston 29 weeks 3,648 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool 30 weeks 7,957 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester 34 weeks 12,367 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Knowsley 31 weeks 3,864 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire East 24 weeks 2,720 Newmedica - Cheshire Oaks Cheshire West and Chester 22 weeks 498 Newmedica - Manchester West Trafford 23 weeks 308 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington 24 weeks 2,682 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Cumberland 24 weeks 2,328 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford 44 weeks 6,195 Optegra (Manchester Eye Hospital) Manchester 17 weeks 912 Optegra Eye Hospital Preston South Ribble 14 weeks 338 Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology - North West Rochdale 17 weeks 1,183 Spamedica Blackpool Fylde 21 weeks 221 Spamedica Bolton Bolton 14 weeks 710 Spamedica Carlisle Cumberland 19 weeks 830 Spamedica Chester Cheshire West and Chester 19 weeks 205 Spamedica Haydock St. Helens 21 weeks 337 Spamedica Kendal Westmorland and Furness 20 weeks 386 Spamedica Liverpool Liverpool 22 weeks 469 Spamedica Macclesfield Community Diagnostic and Treatment Centre Cheshire East 21 weeks 76 Spamedica Manchester Manchester 27 weeks 299 Spamedica Oldham Oldham 22 weeks 710 Spamedica Preston Preston 17 weeks 255 Spamedica Sale Trafford 27 weeks 232 Spamedica Skelmersdale West Lancashire 20 weeks 130 Spamedica Widnes Halton 16 weeks 375 Spamedica Wirral Wirral 13 weeks 458 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport 38 weeks 4,661 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Westmorland and Furness 32 weeks 2,671 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral 38 weeks 3,237 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan 26 weeks 1,595
Yorkshire and The Humber Hospital Area Most people Waiting Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford 28 weeks 630 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley 30 weeks 3,487 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford 27 weeks 2,399 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Kirklees 22 weeks 2,393 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster 34 weeks 4,155 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust North Yorkshire 27 weeks 1,497 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Kingston upon Hull 42 weeks 9,306 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds 24 weeks 4,793 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield 33 weeks 5,114 Newmedica - Bradford and Huddersfield Kirklees 22 weeks 984 Newmedica - Brigg - Riverside Surgery North Lincolnshire 24 weeks 685 Newmedica - Harrogate North Yorkshire 21 weeks 362 Newmedica - Wakefield Wakefield 20 weeks 592 Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - Leeds Leeds 21 weeks 740 Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby North East Lincolnshire 25 weeks 929 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East Lincolnshire 25 weeks 3,016 Optegra Eye Hospital Sheffield Sheffield 19 weeks 408 Optegra Eye Hospital York York 20 weeks 720 Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Bradford 28 weeks 1,056 Phoenix Health Solutions Limited HQ Wakefield 15 weeks 195 Spamedica Bradford Bradford 19 weeks 273 Spamedica Doncaster Doncaster 18 weeks 362 Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield) Wakefield 17 weeks 672 Spamedica Hull East Riding of Yorkshire 14 weeks 567 Spamedica Leeds Leeds 16 weeks 335 Spamedica Sheffield Sheffield 21 weeks 395 Spamedica Sheffield Community Diagnostic and Treatment Centre Sheffield 12 weeks 82 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham 25 weeks 2,302 The Yorkshire Clinic Bradford 15 weeks 725 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York 37 weeks 5,580
9 in 10 people on this hospital's waiting list have waited less than this.
Latest monthly : NHS England , August 2026 . Data checked 29 October 2026 .