Eyes at Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester

Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 24 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 92% are within 18 weeks.

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13 to 24weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 154 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 Optegra Eye Hospital Colchester, 6 months to August 2026
01530March 2026August 2026

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
March 202611.321.39.1
April 202619.725.57.5
May 202612.423.97.7
June 202612.418.87.8
July 20268.618.87.8
August 202613.423.66.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spamedica Colchester

Independent hospital, 0.4 miles away

6 to 16weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 63 people treated in the month.

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Aces Chelmsford

Independent hospital, 23.1 miles away

10 to 20weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 34 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Newmedica Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - Clarity House

Independent hospital, 23.5 miles away

11 to 17weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 293 people treated in the month.

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