Eyes at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 26 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 82% are within 18 weeks.

Print my GP sheet
Has A&E
8 to 26weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 232 people treated in the month.

Where would a referral stand?

Enter the referral date to see how that wait compares with the people still waiting here, and with the 18-week standard.

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 Walsall Healthcare NHS 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 202411.834.29.1
October 202410.938.29.2
November 202412.732.19.9
December 202412.836.29.9
January 202513.833.39.2
February 202514.836.67.2
March 202512.129.57.0
April 202510.125.17.4
May 202511.626.17.7
June 202511.023.06.8
July 20259.621.66.3
August 20257.423.26.0
September 20256.724.64.3
October 20256.321.94.6
November 20258.017.64.5
December 20257.016.75.3
January 20268.117.36.2
February 20268.316.75.0
March 20267.019.24.9
April 20268.020.66.0
May 20269.220.46.2
June 20268.221.77.3
July 20268.522.67.3
August 20267.725.97.4

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, 17.1 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.

This page as JSON. Ophthalmology waiting times at every hospital in England.

Take this to your GP

One printed page with your three fastest options and the words to ask for your right to choose.

Print my GP sheet

Thinking of paying?

See private hospitals near you, what they charge and the quickest private routes.

See the private route