Eyes at Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield)

Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield) ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 21 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 93% are within 18 weeks.

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15 to 21weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 328 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 Spamedica Eye Hospital (Wakefield), 24 months to August 2026
055110September 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 20241.76.52.4
October 20241.87.12.3
November 20242.47.62.3
December 20242.97.83.6
January 20253.010.02.4
February 20252.29.12.7
March 20252.49.53.0
April 20252.898.4100.1
May 20252.57.32.1
June 20253.58.12.5
July 20253.58.72.8
August 20253.310.23.1
September 20253.28.82.1
October 20254.510.92.7
November 20256.211.33.6
December 20256.911.05.5
January 202610.215.43.8
February 202610.115.84.6
March 20268.716.54.0
April 20269.317.94.7
May 202610.517.25.5
June 20269.719.86.5
July 202611.719.76.7
August 202615.521.28.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 20.4 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.

Has A&E
4 to 28weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 541 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
5 to 24weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 751 people treated in the month.

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