Eyes at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Lincoln County and Pilgrim ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 39 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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 202417.542.816.6
October 202416.541.716.4
November 202416.842.315.6
December 202411.342.815.6
January 202515.543.415.3
February 202513.943.515.3
March 202513.745.314.4
April 202515.449.213.3
May 202514.548.613.8
June 202511.947.814.2
July 202517.549.013.6
August 202520.048.514.9
September 202517.947.015.8
October 202517.745.615.1
November 202517.543.214.4
December 202513.344.213.7
January 202614.541.512.6
February 202615.837.312.0
March 202616.937.910.2
April 202616.039.010.2
May 202614.739.511.7
June 202615.439.111.4
July 202615.439.010.7
August 202614.639.311.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spamedica Newark

Independent hospital, 16.2 miles away

7 to 17weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 220 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Newmedica - Worksop - Dukeries

Independent hospital, 24.6 miles away

7 to 19weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 75 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Lincoln Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.6 miles away

9 to 42weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 27 people treated in the month.

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