{"provenance":{"source":"NHS England, Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times, monthly full CSV","source_url":"https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Full-CSV-data-file-Aug26-ZIP-3M-vjgRdG.zip","licence":"Open Government Licence v3.0","as_of":"2026-08"},"area":{"slug":"stafford","name":"Stafford"},"specialty":{"code":"C_130","slug":"ophthalmology","name":"Ophthalmology"},"radius_miles":25,"order":"shortest treated wait first; suppressed providers last, unranked","ranked":[{"code":"RXK","name":"Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust","slug":"sandwell-and-west-birmingham-hospitals-nhs-trust","independent":false,"miles":24.2,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/sandwell-and-west-birmingham-hospitals-nhs-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":7983,"within_18_weeks":6301,"share_within_18_weeks":0.7893,"over_52_weeks":9,"median_weeks":9.52,"p92_weeks":27.25},"completed":{"total":3579,"median_weeks":0.92,"p92_weeks":24.91},"admitted":{"total":499,"median_weeks":9.63,"p92_weeks":39.02},"non_admitted":{"total":3080,"median_weeks":0.81,"p92_weeks":23.71},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"NPG15","name":"Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme","slug":"spamedica-newcastle-under-lyme","independent":true,"miles":14.9,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/spamedica-newcastle-under-lyme/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":320,"within_18_weeks":309,"share_within_18_weeks":0.9656,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":4.2,"p92_weeks":11.18},"completed":{"total":228,"median_weeks":6.82,"p92_weeks":16.92},"admitted":{"total":188,"median_weeks":7.23,"p92_weeks":17.96},"non_admitted":{"total":40,"median_weeks":2.94,"p92_weeks":11.8},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"RBT","name":"Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust","slug":"mid-cheshire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust","independent":false,"miles":24.9,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/mid-cheshire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":2720,"within_18_weeks":2238,"share_within_18_weeks":0.8228,"over_52_weeks":1,"median_weeks":7.5,"p92_weeks":23.73},"completed":{"total":903,"median_weeks":7.41,"p92_weeks":26.42},"admitted":{"total":167,"median_weeks":7.36,"p92_weeks":25.64},"non_admitted":{"total":736,"median_weeks":7.42,"p92_weeks":26.82},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"RBK","name":"Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust","slug":"walsall-healthcare-nhs-trust","independent":false,"miles":17.6,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/walsall-healthcare-nhs-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":872,"within_18_weeks":716,"share_within_18_weeks":0.8211,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":7.39,"p92_weeks":23.59},"completed":{"total":232,"median_weeks":7.66,"p92_weeks":25.89},"admitted":{"total":22,"median_weeks":17.5,"p92_weeks":26.12},"non_admitted":{"total":210,"median_weeks":7.59,"p92_weeks":25.8},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"RNA","name":"The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust","slug":"the-dudley-group-nhs-foundation-trust","independent":false,"miles":22.3,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/the-dudley-group-nhs-foundation-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":4403,"within_18_weeks":2747,"share_within_18_weeks":0.6239,"over_52_weeks":1,"median_weeks":13.16,"p92_weeks":39.5},"completed":{"total":1135,"median_weeks":10.73,"p92_weeks":43.07},"admitted":{"total":488,"median_weeks":5.24,"p92_weeks":27.66},"non_admitted":{"total":647,"median_weeks":16.76,"p92_weeks":48.42},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"B6Z0N","name":"Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter","slug":"optegra-eye-hospital-uttoxeter","independent":true,"miles":12.3,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/optegra-eye-hospital-uttoxeter/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":255,"within_18_weeks":244,"share_within_18_weeks":0.9569,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":4.68,"p92_weeks":14.87},"completed":{"total":82,"median_weeks":11.67,"p92_weeks":20.89},"admitted":{"total":58,"median_weeks":11.4,"p92_weeks":20.59},"non_admitted":{"total":24,"median_weeks":13,"p92_weeks":22.08},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"S1Z4X","name":"Newmedica - Birmingham","slug":"newmedica-birmingham","independent":true,"miles":24.8,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/newmedica-birmingham/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":1074,"within_18_weeks":999,"share_within_18_weeks":0.9302,"over_52_weeks":1,"median_weeks":6.94,"p92_weeks":17.58},"completed":{"total":291,"median_weeks":12.3,"p92_weeks":20.93},"admitted":{"total":175,"median_weeks":14.42,"p92_weeks":23.33},"non_admitted":{"total":116,"median_weeks":9,"p92_weeks":16.93},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"RL4","name":"The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust","slug":"the-royal-wolverhampton-nhs-trust","independent":false,"miles":15.6,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/the-royal-wolverhampton-nhs-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":9370,"within_18_weeks":6030,"share_within_18_weeks":0.6435,"over_52_weeks":109,"median_weeks":12.44,"p92_weeks":40.73},"completed":{"total":2065,"median_weeks":11.91,"p92_weeks":46.06},"admitted":{"total":379,"median_weeks":21.17,"p92_weeks":57.17},"non_admitted":{"total":1686,"median_weeks":9.9,"p92_weeks":43.78},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"NPG20","name":"Spamedica Wolverhampton","slug":"spamedica-wolverhampton","independent":true,"miles":13.7,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/spamedica-wolverhampton/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":765,"within_18_weeks":688,"share_within_18_weeks":0.8993,"over_52_weeks":3,"median_weeks":5.56,"p92_weeks":21.95},"completed":{"total":379,"median_weeks":13.7,"p92_weeks":21.17},"admitted":{"total":316,"median_weeks":14.09,"p92_weeks":21.27},"non_admitted":{"total":63,"median_weeks":3.25,"p92_weeks":18.96},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"RJE","name":"University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust","slug":"university-hospitals-of-north-midlands-nhs-trust","independent":false,"miles":12.8,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/university-hospitals-of-north-midlands-nhs-trust/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":6367,"within_18_weeks":3534,"share_within_18_weeks":0.555,"over_52_weeks":258,"median_weeks":15.6,"p92_weeks":46.24},"completed":{"total":793,"median_weeks":14.59,"p92_weeks":53.43},"admitted":{"total":232,"median_weeks":19.91,"p92_weeks":61.22},"non_admitted":{"total":561,"median_weeks":11.96,"p92_weeks":50.19},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"V5F1D","name":"Spamedica Telford","slug":"spamedica-telford","independent":true,"miles":16.4,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/spamedica-telford/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":440,"within_18_weeks":404,"share_within_18_weeks":0.9182,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":7.37,"p92_weeks":18.4},"completed":{"total":160,"median_weeks":16.54,"p92_weeks":23.05},"admitted":{"total":128,"median_weeks":16.77,"p92_weeks":22.96},"non_admitted":{"total":32,"median_weeks":6,"p92_weeks":26.44},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"NT242","name":"Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital","slug":"nuffield-health-wolverhampton-hospital","independent":true,"miles":16.1,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/nuffield-health-wolverhampton-hospital/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":254,"within_18_weeks":219,"share_within_18_weeks":0.8622,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":8,"p92_weeks":20.59},"completed":{"total":21,"median_weeks":18.3,"p92_weeks":29.32},"admitted":{"total":14},"non_admitted":{"total":7},"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null},{"code":"NVC0I","name":"Beacon Park Hospital","slug":"beacon-park-hospital","independent":true,"miles":2.2,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/beacon-park-hospital/ophthalmology","waiting":{"total":297,"within_18_weeks":171,"share_within_18_weeks":0.5758,"over_52_weeks":0,"median_weeks":11.83,"p92_weeks":33.05},"completed":{"total":37,"median_weeks":34.5,"p92_weeks":40.35},"admitted":{"total":37,"median_weeks":34.5,"p92_weeks":40.35},"non_admitted":null,"suppressed":false,"suppression_reason":null}],"unranked":[{"code":"NT230","name":"Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital","slug":"nuffield-health-north-staffordshire-hospital","independent":true,"miles":11.9,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/hospital/nuffield-health-north-staffordshire-hospital/ophthalmology","waiting":null,"completed":null,"admitted":null,"non_admitted":null,"suppressed":true,"suppression_reason":"Fewer than 20 people were treated in the month"}]}