Eyes at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General ophthalmology waiting times: most people treated waited 4 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 62% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Ophthalmology at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570 September 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 202416.358.910.8
October 202411.538.410.8
November 202413.246.511.2
December 20249.144.411.7
January 20259.534.111.7
February 20257.730.811.1
March 20257.435.811.5
April 202513.239.912.1
May 20257.041.211.8
June 202510.640.910.0
July 202510.141.710.8
August 20259.538.013.2
September 202512.443.513.4
October 20259.947.113.0
November 202510.240.912.6
December 20256.749.713.7
January 202613.849.514.3
February 20269.042.813.6
March 20268.746.612.3
April 20268.943.212.2
May 20266.146.513.6
June 20265.843.113.3
July 20266.943.413.6
August 20264.446.714.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 22.6 miles away

1 to 12weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 12 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 65 people treated in the month.

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

1 to 37weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 37 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 792 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spamedica Croydon

Independent hospital, 22.7 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 122 people treated in the month.

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