Eyes at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

King's Mill ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 59% 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

Ophthalmology at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03060September 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 202411.935.110.1
October 202412.140.411.1
November 202411.738.911.6
December 202413.340.613.2
January 202514.448.714.5
February 202516.050.113.9
March 202516.545.611.9
April 202514.544.812.3
May 202516.846.412.8
June 202520.249.113.4
July 202520.647.413.9
August 202517.946.715.2
September 202523.245.615.0
October 202523.545.015.1
November 202518.548.015.4
December 202516.345.916.4
January 202623.745.815.6
February 202621.944.415.8
March 202618.142.512.9
April 202612.845.812.8
May 202613.448.113.7
June 202613.043.914.6
July 202612.744.613.6
August 202617.847.313.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.8 miles away

3 to 25weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 492 people treated in the month.

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Spamedica Derby

Independent hospital, 17.2 miles away

7 to 15weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 399 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Chesterfield

Independent hospital, 10.3 miles away

7 to 16weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 136 people treated in the month.

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