Eyes at Spamedica Gateshead

Spamedica Gateshead ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 23 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 92% are within 18 weeks.

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Spamedica Gateshead

Independent hospital

15 to 23weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 222 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 Gateshead, 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 20241.77.51.7
October 20242.07.22.4
November 20242.47.03.0
December 20242.49.02.5
January 20252.97.94.0
February 20252.010.91.6
March 20252.57.32.0
April 20252.76.82.3
May 20252.87.62.3
June 20252.68.22.9
July 20252.38.53.4
August 20252.58.22.8
September 20252.610.52.4
October 20253.58.52.3
November 20255.58.93.7
December 20256.811.15.5
January 20269.514.43.9
February 20268.917.04.3
March 20267.717.95.6
April 20267.119.07.5
May 202617.221.79.0
June 202617.122.87.3
July 202616.522.06.3
August 202615.223.36.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Newcastle Newmedica Ltd

Independent hospital, 6.1 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, 0.8 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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