Eyes at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Surrey County ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 23 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 61% are within 18 weeks.

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23 to 42weeks

Half seen within 23 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 352 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 Surrey 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 202419.234.712.6
October 202419.734.312.8
November 202422.132.611.9
December 202420.035.612.7
January 202522.932.912.4
February 202521.634.512.0
March 202521.334.110.6
April 202518.134.311.6
May 202516.335.011.9
June 202516.134.812.8
July 202518.938.112.6
August 202512.438.813.2
September 202514.839.113.1
October 202516.838.613.2
November 202523.140.413.8
December 202528.941.114.5
January 202625.640.814.4
February 202625.040.013.4
March 202622.939.512.5
April 202620.838.612.9
May 202621.140.013.9
June 202629.240.413.6
July 202618.341.413.9
August 202622.841.613.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Circle Reading Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.6 miles away

3 to 33weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 70 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Croydon

Independent hospital, 23.9 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

Spamedica Epsom

Independent hospital, 16.3 miles away

5 to 16weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 286 people treated in the month.

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

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