Eyes at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 79% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Lancashire Teaching 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 202414.760.312.4
October 202413.952.511.6
November 202413.149.811.4
December 202412.651.912.3
January 202514.047.512.7
February 202514.450.011.9
March 202511.744.411.2
April 202511.845.512.2
May 202512.745.012.2
June 202512.043.612.0
July 202514.646.310.9
August 202511.245.111.3
September 202511.946.911.6
October 202512.643.412.0
November 202513.946.010.6
December 20259.042.511.3
January 202611.442.811.5
February 202614.142.511.3
March 202620.245.09.8
April 202614.143.810.1
May 202613.242.310.9
June 202615.144.210.0
July 202614.937.59.8
August 202614.637.89.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.9 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.

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Spamedica Preston

Independent hospital, 2.3 miles away

8 to 18weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 237 people treated in the month.

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