Eyes at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Stepping Hill ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 40 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E
8 to 40weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 859 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 Stockport 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 20246.244.39.4
October 20245.848.46.9
November 20244.834.16.7
December 20244.527.27.8
January 20255.729.18.3
February 20256.325.66.9
March 20255.321.67.4
April 20253.423.77.8
May 20254.225.27.3
June 20253.521.97.9
July 20253.831.37.5
August 20254.842.18.2
September 20254.630.78.7
October 20255.032.78.6
November 20255.538.08.8
December 20257.441.59.4
January 20265.936.910.2
February 20267.235.511.1
March 20266.433.710.4
April 20267.235.911.3
May 20269.351.213.2
June 20266.038.513.7
July 20268.737.914.2
August 20267.740.314.8

Faster options within 25 miles

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.

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.

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