Eyes at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Sunderland Eye Infirmary and South Tyneside District ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 30 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 75% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Ophthalmology at South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 202413.137.510.7
October 202412.836.49.2
November 202411.236.49.3
December 202411.437.710.0
January 202512.637.49.8
February 202512.236.78.2
March 202510.936.17.6
April 202510.535.57.9
May 20259.433.08.6
June 202511.233.17.8
July 202511.032.97.7
August 202510.833.58.1
September 202511.131.87.2
October 20259.431.56.8
November 20258.230.27.4
December 20259.629.58.2
January 20268.428.38.7
February 20269.927.57.0
March 20267.927.37.0
April 20268.427.37.8
May 20268.828.88.8
June 20269.729.18.7
July 202610.330.59.2
August 202613.029.89.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Free on the NHS

Newcastle Newmedica Ltd

Independent hospital, 10.8 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 14 weeks. 402 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle

Independent hospital, 9 miles away

11 to 19weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 189 people treated in the month.

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