Eyes at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free and Barnet ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 66% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 908 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 Free London 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 202414.341.411.6
October 202415.343.911.0
November 202415.643.410.8
December 202415.341.711.2
January 202515.241.710.7
February 202515.642.011.2
March 202515.441.211.0
April 202515.042.811.9
May 202516.541.412.8
June 202515.842.112.6
July 202515.844.012.0
August 202517.849.111.9
September 202517.945.312.3
October 202517.641.712.3
November 202514.545.211.4
December 202516.144.411.8
January 202615.246.212.5
February 202616.346.612.7
March 202616.448.810.9
April 202613.744.511.9
May 202614.646.312.5
June 202616.145.411.8
July 202615.045.911.9
August 202617.344.512.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 12.1 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

Spamedica Croydon

Independent hospital, 12.3 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 122 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 9.8 miles away

4 to 19weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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

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