Eyes at Optegra Eye Hospital Preston

Optegra Eye Hospital Preston ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 19 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 97% are within 18 weeks.

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Optegra Eye Hospital Preston

Independent hospital

13 to 19weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 110 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 Preston, 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 20264.3
April 202610.418.66.6
May 202610.017.26.8
June 202611.418.26.1
July 202611.619.16.3
August 202612.718.55.5

Faster options within 25 miles

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.

Has A&E

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 15.5 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.

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

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