Eyes at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Bolton ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 30 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 70% are within 18 weeks.

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6 to 30weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 1,262 people treated in the month.

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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 Bolton 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 20246.233.79.3
October 20246.031.09.2
November 20246.026.79.3
December 20245.933.19.7
January 20256.727.99.8
February 20255.832.58.6
March 20256.732.67.6
April 20255.828.17.6
May 20256.727.58.6
June 20256.925.28.6
July 20256.829.18.4
August 20256.224.99.1
September 20257.629.39.6
October 20256.723.89.7
November 20256.925.69.3
December 20255.828.99.9
January 20266.128.410.2
February 20265.429.510.0
March 20266.031.78.8
April 20266.338.19.2
May 20266.232.610.2
June 20265.934.79.7
July 20267.135.610.9
August 20266.329.711.1

Faster options within 25 miles

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6 to 25weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 475 people treated in the month.

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