Eyes at Spamedica Sale

Spamedica Sale ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 24 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 81% are within 18 weeks.

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Spamedica Sale

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13 to 24weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 113 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 Sale, 23 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
October 2024
November 20241.64.01.2
December 20242.24.83.2
January 20253.47.21.5
February 20252.89.21.5
March 20252.86.92.0
April 20253.06.93.4
May 20252.79.72.5
June 20252.48.82.4
July 20252.69.03.4
August 20252.99.03.4
September 20253.713.71.8
October 20254.411.02.7
November 20256.115.13.2
December 20256.612.74.9
January 20268.414.74.4
February 20267.316.04.9
March 202610.816.84.6
April 202611.219.46.6
May 202610.616.57.1
June 202612.118.97.7
July 202612.821.06.6
August 202612.824.57.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E
6 to 25weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 475 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 10.5 miles away

6 to 30weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 1,262 people treated in the month.

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