Eyes at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and Midland Metropolitan ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 1 to 25 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 79% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 3,579 people treated in the month.

How the wait has changed

Ophthalmology at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
02550 September 2024August 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
September 20242.239.012.6
October 20241.036.712.4
November 20242.236.811.3
December 20241.034.311.5
January 20252.035.110.1
February 20251.733.98.9
March 20251.731.98.5
April 20251.031.89.1
May 20251.029.29.7
June 20251.329.48.5
July 20251.129.39.2
August 20251.228.910.1
September 20251.029.59.7
October 20251.928.99.1
November 20251.225.99.0
December 20251.025.59.8
January 20261.029.810.9
February 20261.028.211.0
March 20260.928.38.3
April 20261.026.99.2
May 20261.027.09.7
June 20261.027.08.6
July 20261.025.18.9
August 20260.924.99.5

NHS England figures, . About the data.

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