Eyes at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

GWH (Great Western Hospital A&E) ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 16 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 16 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 540 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 Great Western 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 202414.345.714.5
October 202414.644.614.2
November 202412.751.913.7
December 202410.848.613.3
January 202512.243.713.9
February 202515.745.913.0
March 202511.344.911.5
April 202510.945.611.7
May 202511.341.412.3
June 202511.742.612.7
July 202514.744.612.8
August 202512.945.413.1
September 202515.745.012.4
October 202513.144.112.8
November 202513.245.313.0
December 202511.642.414.3
January 202612.343.115.1
February 202614.245.915.2
March 202612.948.515.3
April 202611.747.014.4
May 202615.447.114.1
June 202616.246.914.2
July 202617.749.414.0
August 202616.349.714.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Newmedica - Swindon Murdock Road

Independent hospital, 1.6 miles away

4 to 19weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 91 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Oxford

Independent hospital, 25 miles away

6 to 15weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 142 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Swindon

Independent hospital, 5.4 miles away

9 to 15weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 70 people treated in the month.

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

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