Eyes at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Conquest and Eastbourne District General ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 26 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 80% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 1,228 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 Sussex Healthcare 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 20247.636.59.9
October 20247.734.09.9
November 20247.437.19.8
December 20247.032.910.6
January 20258.235.211.6
February 20258.833.89.3
March 20259.131.37.6
April 20257.531.69.6
May 20258.431.110.4
June 20258.531.29.1
July 20256.329.68.2
August 20255.528.39.3
September 20254.228.88.9
October 20253.127.48.5
November 20254.326.19.0
December 20253.226.59.7
January 20266.832.29.9
February 20266.731.98.2
March 20266.432.67.5
April 20267.132.57.4
May 20266.926.37.9
June 20266.423.27.9
July 20267.426.18.1
August 20267.626.08.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Benenden Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.9 miles away

4 to 10weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Bexhill

Independent hospital, 4.1 miles away

5 to 13weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 13 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 305 people treated in the month.

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