Eyes at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Liverpool and University Hospital Aintree ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 40 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 77% 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 Liverpool University 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 202413.248.315.4
October 202413.446.714.8
November 202411.346.113.3
December 20249.441.914.3
January 202513.244.414.7
February 202511.941.515.1
March 202513.744.014.5
April 202512.244.013.1
May 202513.141.913.0
June 202512.541.812.6
July 202512.740.411.9
August 202512.238.312.8
September 202511.839.412.7
October 202510.640.912.4
November 20258.541.611.7
December 20258.142.512.6
January 20269.543.213.0
February 20269.842.210.5
March 20267.739.68.5
April 20268.139.39.2
May 20268.540.59.8
June 20268.438.59.9
July 20269.439.69.7
August 20268.639.99.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Aces Liverpool

Independent hospital, 1.1 miles away

4 to 9weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 28 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
6 to 25weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 475 people treated in the month.

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

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