Eyes at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Lister ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 36 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 79% 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS 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 202411.452.318.3
October 202417.551.616.5
November 202420.144.714.6
December 20249.137.913.9
January 202512.838.413.0
February 202510.436.510.0
March 20256.932.89.2
April 20254.031.79.9
May 20255.628.811.0
June 20256.931.210.8
July 20254.736.410.1
August 20254.835.610.5
September 20255.032.110.9
October 20254.731.810.4
November 20254.433.59.9
December 20254.340.210.2
January 20266.443.911.2
February 20265.837.010.1
March 20263.027.48.7
April 20264.230.19.3
May 20263.527.99.3
June 20263.925.98.8
July 20266.538.27.9
August 20265.635.68.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
1 to 37weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 37 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 792 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.2 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.

Has A&E
4 to 47weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 523 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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