Eyes at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB (Good Hope and Heartlands) ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 41 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 65% 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 University Hospitals Birmingham 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 202416.262.022.1
October 202427.862.621.6
November 202417.662.221.7
December 202417.261.122.1
January 202520.061.820.5
February 202514.061.520.5
March 202519.560.319.8
April 202516.861.819.8
May 202514.260.018.1
June 202514.258.318.1
July 202513.653.918.1
August 202520.458.617.3
September 202515.560.315.8
October 20258.652.815.1
November 20255.950.815.7
December 20255.947.616.9
January 20267.549.118.0
February 202612.150.717.7
March 202617.748.712.6
April 20266.049.012.7
May 20266.444.912.8
June 20266.642.112.7
July 20268.243.212.1
August 20265.741.512.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
1 to 25weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 3,579 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Newmedica - Bromsgrove

Independent hospital, 9.3 miles away

6 to 26weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 216 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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