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Other surgical services at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and Midland Metropolitan other surgical services waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 40 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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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

Other surgical services at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
02550September 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 202418.925.811.4
October 202419.925.511.6
November 202421.425.310.5
December 202422.926.712.5
January 202523.926.913.9
February 202523.427.814.9
March 202523.527.414.3
April 202523.829.214.3
May 202521.331.415.0
June 202523.634.215.4
July 202522.232.214.9
August 202520.631.712.4
September 202522.733.613.4
October 202521.134.114.1
November 202522.234.213.5
December 202524.233.814.5
January 202624.335.115.9
February 202625.136.014.7
March 202619.436.112.2
April 202618.936.611.8
May 202614.938.313.0
June 202620.639.313.5
July 202618.439.713.8
August 202622.440.414.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 2.7 miles away

2 to 35weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 2,049 people treated in the month.

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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 6.6 miles away

3 to 25weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 691 people treated in the month.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 22.9 miles away

3 to 29weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 1,051 people treated in the month.

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

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