Eyes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Basildon and Southend ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 5 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 53 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 3,088 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 Mid and South Essex 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 202417.560.516.3
October 202415.156.716.1
November 202416.655.814.7
December 20249.654.615.1
January 20258.555.815.7
February 202510.854.815.3
March 202511.255.415.5
April 202510.455.915.6
May 202510.454.914.8
June 202510.960.014.8
July 20259.055.815.5
August 202511.157.314.1
September 20257.754.414.2
October 202511.160.114.7
November 202512.458.414.6
December 20259.555.516.0
January 20269.358.115.3
February 20268.756.714.1
March 20265.353.113.1
April 202611.458.513.3
May 20266.153.514.4
June 20264.052.213.9
July 20263.851.414.0
August 20264.752.714.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 24.8 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

Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham

Independent hospital, 12.9 miles away

4 to 11weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 304 people treated in the month.

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