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Ophthalmology waiting times at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 8,348 people were on the Ophthalmology at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (77%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England

People waiting
8,348
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
76.5%
England: 72.2%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
10 wks
Published median for this list

No one on this list had been waiting more than 52 weeks in August 2026.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture 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 12.6% of everyone waiting at Liverpool 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: 76.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 64.5% 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
76.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
75.2% then · change to latest +1.3 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
71.9% then · change to latest +4.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
64.5% then · change to latest +12 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
52.8% then · change to latest +23.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202676.5%8,348
July 202676.2%8,080
June 202674.5%7,714
May 202675.2%7,560
April 202674.8%7,235
March 202674.1%7,041
February 202671.9%7,112
January 202662.7%7,887
December 202563.2%7,846
November 202564.2%8,177
October 202563.9%8,323
September 202565.2%7,961
August 202564.5%7,850
July 202566.3%7,599
June 202564.3%8,153
May 202561.9%8,259
April 202560.5%8,122
March 202557.7%8,281
February 202556.7%8,443
January 202557.9%8,320
December 202458.2%8,131
November 202460.4%8,362
October 202457.2%8,415
September 202455.5%8,904
August 202455.3%9,428
July 202456.7%9,581
June 202456.1%9,865
May 202456.1%9,847
April 202452.8%9,737
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
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust4.2 mi786%+9.2 pp
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust6.1 mi3,24258%-18.3 pp
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust7.4 mi3,87169%-7.5 pp
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust14.1 mi3,18470%-6.1 pp
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust14.6 mi2,68685%+8.1 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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