Eyes at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

St Mary's and Charing Cross ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 33 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 76% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 1,232 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 Imperial College 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 202413.548.013.7
October 202413.348.712.0
November 202411.345.911.6
December 20249.545.712.3
January 202511.442.612.7
February 20259.138.312.5
March 20259.340.99.1
April 20257.236.89.4
May 20257.741.310.7
June 20257.937.010.5
July 20257.535.310.4
August 20257.336.711.5
September 20259.343.911.3
October 20257.941.310.9
November 20258.740.910.6
December 20259.041.610.8
January 202610.842.910.4
February 20269.940.18.8
March 20268.236.98.4
April 20268.338.58.8
May 20268.835.48.6
June 20266.831.08.7
July 20267.732.09.0
August 20266.733.39.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 13.1 miles away

1 to 12weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 12 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 65 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Croydon

Independent hospital, 10 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 122 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 11.5 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.

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