Eyes at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Ophthalmology at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03060 September 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 202414.243.911.8
October 202412.037.411.8
November 202412.739.511.1
December 202413.639.811.6
January 202511.743.011.9
February 202513.841.510.8
March 202513.238.39.0
April 20259.639.39.9
May 202511.441.210.8
June 202511.736.310.7
July 202512.338.610.1
August 202510.037.410.8
September 202512.636.911.3
October 20259.342.312.2
November 202510.437.113.1
December 202514.941.814.5
January 202616.444.314.5
February 202618.849.112.8
March 202614.345.79.9
April 202611.845.910.8
May 202612.844.912.1
June 202614.241.512.2
July 202614.142.813.0
August 202614.542.112.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Free on the NHS

Spamedica Colchester

Independent hospital, 1.3 miles away

6 to 16weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 63 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Aces Chelmsford

Independent hospital, 22 miles away

10 to 20weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 34 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House

Independent hospital, 23.7 miles away

11 to 17weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 293 people treated in the month.

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