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Eyes at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Victoria ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 68% are within 18 weeks.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Ophthalmology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 20248.447.015.0
October 20249.951.414.2
November 20248.143.513.6
December 20248.947.813.4
January 202510.945.514.1
February 20259.542.914.4
March 20258.646.314.5
April 202510.047.512.7
May 20259.845.712.2
June 202510.048.811.9
July 20257.641.812.3
August 20258.442.613.8
September 20257.649.614.6
October 20258.751.815.8
November 20258.942.417.2
December 20259.244.718.4
January 202614.950.417.0
February 202615.552.815.2
March 202615.848.812.5
April 202610.248.112.8
May 20268.949.614.1
June 20269.442.911.9
July 20265.549.111.6
August 20268.152.111.2

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