Eyes at Chaucer Hospital

Chaucer Hospital ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 25 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 95% are within 18 weeks.

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Chaucer Hospital

Independent hospital

12 to 25weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 71 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 Chaucer Hospital, 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 20245.0
October 20246.3
November 20243.3
December 20245.2
January 20253.2
February 20254.8
March 20255.4
April 202510.017.04.3
May 202510.516.95.5
June 202510.117.14.9
July 202510.317.46.3
August 202510.019.77.5
September 202511.314.94.7
October 202512.322.44.3
November 20257.518.85.7
December 20255.018.05.8
January 202611.824.86.4
February 202615.821.14.9
March 20266.518.97.8
April 202616.120.79.6
May 202614.520.79.4
June 202612.818.65.3
July 20268.522.25.8
August 202612.225.36.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Benenden Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.7 miles away

4 to 10weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 10 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham

Independent hospital, 23.5 miles away

4 to 11weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 304 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Sittingbourne

Independent hospital, 17.6 miles away

9 to 18weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 103 people treated in the month.

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