Eyes at East Cheshire NHS Trust

Macclesfield District General ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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15 to 49weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 49 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 464 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 East Cheshire 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 202411.228.98.2
October 20249.425.48.1
November 20248.124.98.5
December 20249.224.29.4
January 202511.025.89.7
February 202510.926.78.3
March 20257.927.37.9
April 20258.624.58.1
May 20259.329.78.6
June 20256.425.811.7
July 202512.024.19.8
August 202511.930.410.7
September 202513.133.212.6
October 20259.431.613.1
November 20259.234.915.8
December 202513.137.118.4
January 202614.840.117.2
February 202615.640.715.5
March 202612.442.811.7
April 202612.242.012.5
May 202612.245.612.6
June 202614.447.412.6
July 202615.348.612.9
August 202614.948.712.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
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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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.4 miles away

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.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Independent hospital, 16.7 miles away

7 to 17weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 11 weeks. 228 people treated in the month.

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

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