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Ophthalmology waiting times at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 5,853 people were on the Ophthalmology at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (69%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England

People waiting
5,853
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
68.8%
England: 72.2%
Over 52 weeks
45
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

45 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

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 8.9% of everyone waiting at Norfolk and Norwich 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: 68.8% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 64.1% 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
68.8%
3 months earlier · May 2026
67.6% then · change to latest +1.2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
69% then · change to latest -0.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
64.1% then · change to latest +4.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
58.3% then · change to latest +10.5 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202668.8%5,853
July 202663%6,561
June 202666.3%6,353
May 202667.6%6,203
April 202667%5,953
March 202668.2%5,684
February 202669%5,488
January 202660.1%6,075
December 202560%5,868
November 202561.3%5,714
October 202560.7%5,673
September 202564.2%5,648
August 202564.1%5,492
July 202564.8%5,299
June 202565.6%5,100
May 202566.2%4,954
April 202565%4,775
March 202564.3%4,776
February 202563.8%4,852
January 202563.9%4,859
December 202462.3%4,889
November 202461.8%5,100
October 202459.8%5,263
September 202460.9%5,616
August 202459.6%5,626
July 202459.1%5,479
June 202459%5,616
May 202460.4%5,804
April 202458.3%6,051
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
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust21.2 mi3,33464%-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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