Eyes at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and Scunthorpe General ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 32 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 81% 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 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole 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 20245.842.713.7
October 20247.044.412.8
November 20247.339.812.6
December 20247.136.912.1
January 20258.639.312.3
February 20255.936.812.2
March 20257.141.110.8
April 20256.540.011.4
May 20258.139.911.8
June 20255.641.111.2
July 20256.041.911.6
August 20255.842.812.0
September 20256.143.311.4
October 20257.144.111.2
November 20256.743.312.0
December 20257.843.712.6
January 20267.843.312.0
February 202610.741.410.4
March 20267.042.59.1
April 20268.338.69.4
May 20269.838.49.2
June 20268.735.88.2
July 20269.936.98.3
August 20269.932.58.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
10 to 44weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 2,077 people treated in the month.

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

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