Eyes at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 72% 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 Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
02550September 2024August 2026

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 202411.333.99.0
October 202411.131.38.6
November 202411.532.68.4
December 202411.129.39.7
January 202511.629.79.4
February 202511.228.98.8
March 202512.332.09.0
April 202510.730.19.4
May 202510.531.610.3
June 202512.532.810.1
July 202512.234.110.9
August 202511.834.311.6
September 202513.234.012.3
October 202513.235.912.7
November 202513.036.112.4
December 202514.036.912.8
January 202614.442.112.5
February 202614.240.212.1
March 202615.141.510.7
April 202613.642.310.8
May 202613.040.711.2
June 202614.040.011.1
July 202614.537.011.6
August 202614.337.912.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
4 to 34weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 34 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 738 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

7 to 28weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 454 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Poole

Independent hospital, 1.4 miles away

14 to 19weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 327 people treated in the month.

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

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