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Ophthalmology waiting times at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,334 people were on the Ophthalmology at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (64%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England

People waiting
3,334
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.9%
England: 72.2%
Over 52 weeks
49
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

49 people (1.5%, roughly 1 in 67) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 8.3 percentage points behind the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 10.7% of everyone waiting at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Ophthalmology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Ophthalmology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 63.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 54% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
63.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.8% then · change to latest +2.1 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
61.4% then · change to latest +2.5 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
54% then · change to latest +9.9 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
68.2% then · change to latest -4.3 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202663.9%3,334
July 202663.3%3,192
June 202663.2%3,158
May 202661.8%3,381
April 202661%3,370
March 202661.2%3,289
February 202661.4%3,222
January 202660.3%3,234
December 202558.8%3,380
November 202557.9%3,507
October 202554.1%3,582
September 202553.4%3,711
August 202554%3,643
July 202555.9%3,599
June 202556.8%3,596
May 202558%3,662
April 202558.6%3,776
March 202559.2%3,373
February 202561.5%3,249
January 202559.8%3,166
December 202462.3%3,209
November 202459.9%3,051
October 202461%3,129
September 202458.8%2,993
August 202461.1%3,027
July 202465.8%2,853
June 202467.5%2,897
May 202469.6%2,944
April 202468.2%2,820
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering ophthalmology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Ophthalmology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust21.2 mi5,85369%+4.9 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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