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Ophthalmology waiting times at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 2,721 people were on the Ophthalmology at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (82%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England

People waiting
2,721
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
82.2%
England: 72.2%
Over 52 weeks
1
Median wait
8 wks
Published median for this list

1 people (0.0%) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 10 percentage points better than 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 9% of everyone waiting at Mid Cheshire 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: 82.2% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 74.5% 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
82.2%
3 months earlier · May 2026
81.1% then · change to latest +1.2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
61% then · change to latest +21.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
74.5% then · change to latest +7.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
57.2% then · change to latest +25.1 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202682.2%2,721
July 202684.3%2,604
June 202682.4%2,545
May 202681.1%2,572
April 202677%2,699
March 202674.4%2,816
February 202661%4,059
January 202662.1%4,340
December 202565.4%4,716
November 202569.1%4,980
October 202573%4,873
September 202576%4,648
August 202574.5%4,873
July 202573.9%4,204
June 202576.6%3,473
May 202576.8%2,882
April 202574.5%2,912
March 202574.8%3,145
February 202571.7%3,288
January 202566.7%3,401
December 202464.4%3,569
November 202463.2%3,602
October 202461%3,578
September 202460.2%3,651
August 202462.1%3,907
July 202460.7%3,996
June 202457.3%4,095
May 202458.1%4,229
April 202457.2%4,334
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
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust13.5 mi6,37056%-26.7 pp
East Cheshire NHS Trust17.1 mi2,35464%-18.1 pp
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust18.6 mi3,18470%-11.8 pp
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust19.9 mi2,68685%+2.4 pp
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust23.2 mi4,66259%-23.5 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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