Eyes at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

UHNM (Royal Stoke and County Hospital) ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 56% 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 of North Midlands NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 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 202414.455.415.7
October 202417.558.814.6
November 202420.755.614.3
December 202418.950.014.6
January 202517.249.116.0
February 202517.251.216.3
March 202518.154.415.5
April 202516.646.612.3
May 202515.144.512.8
June 202515.850.613.3
July 202515.649.113.8
August 202514.046.514.3
September 202515.052.813.4
October 202514.954.813.5
November 202516.252.813.1
December 202514.248.714.6
January 202615.549.815.1
February 202616.250.215.2
March 202617.150.614.2
April 202613.252.613.8
May 202614.755.814.6
June 202614.957.215.5
July 202615.757.115.3
August 202614.653.415.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spamedica Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Independent hospital, 2.2 miles away

7 to 17weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 11 weeks. 228 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
7 to 26weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 903 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter

Independent hospital, 16.3 miles away

12 to 21weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 82 people treated in the month.

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

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