Eyes at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 23 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 64% 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 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202410.744.912.9
October 202410.647.513.0
November 202412.341.212.9
December 20249.938.313.3
January 202513.245.514.6
February 202514.146.114.6
March 202515.147.414.5
April 202511.745.814.3
May 202515.449.313.4
June 202512.944.812.3
July 202514.152.412.7
August 202516.349.314.2
September 202516.649.315.1
October 202518.252.416.5
November 202520.857.816.9
December 202522.559.217.4
January 202626.861.417.1
February 202627.256.715.3
March 202621.454.813.2
April 202621.253.812.6
May 202616.852.413.6
June 202621.155.013.9
July 202622.754.613.5
August 202622.549.613.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 14.3 miles away

1 to 12weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 12 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 65 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Croydon

Independent hospital, 8 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 122 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.3 miles away

4 to 19weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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