Eyes at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

RCH (Treliske) ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 27 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 80% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 1,235 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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS 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 20247.633.810.1
October 20246.533.09.7
November 20247.433.29.1
December 20246.631.59.8
January 20257.132.910.1
February 20256.731.19.5
March 20256.530.98.7
April 20255.829.88.5
May 20255.431.28.9
June 20255.729.88.7
July 20254.727.58.6
August 20255.731.49.4
September 20256.433.49.3
October 20256.431.38.2
November 20256.432.98.4
December 20256.133.89.1
January 20265.931.99.8
February 20268.132.18.6
March 20266.831.07.8
April 20266.731.37.7
May 20267.130.97.7
June 20266.230.57.4
July 20267.531.27.9
August 20267.827.28.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spamedica Truro

Independent hospital, 2 miles away

6 to 17weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 174 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Probus Surgical Centre

Independent hospital, 6.5 miles away

7 to 11weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 10 weeks. 261 people treated in the month.

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