Eyes at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bassetlaw District General and Doncaster Royal Infirmary ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 43 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 67% 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 Doncaster and Bassetlaw 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 202413.443.914.4
October 202416.045.814.2
November 202413.244.313.9
December 202413.142.013.8
January 202513.748.514.9
February 202515.246.314.5
March 202516.546.613.3
April 202515.642.812.0
May 202513.741.311.1
June 202514.938.79.9
July 202510.744.310.4
August 202512.939.411.7
September 202514.044.411.8
October 202513.441.610.8
November 202512.040.010.8
December 202510.942.111.3
January 202610.939.912.6
February 202614.442.312.6
March 202613.942.310.3
April 202610.443.911.0
May 202611.742.912.0
June 202612.845.010.9
July 202613.845.011.0
August 202612.043.111.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 12.6 miles away

3 to 25weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 492 people treated in the month.

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Spamedica Chesterfield

Independent hospital, 24.4 miles away

7 to 16weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 136 people treated in the month.

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Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries

Independent hospital, 15.8 miles away

7 to 19weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 75 people treated in the month.

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