Hospital service waiting times

Ophthalmology waiting times at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of June 2026, 5,254 people were on the Ophthalmology at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (52%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

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

People waiting: 5,254; End of June 2026
Under 18 weeks: 51.8%; England: 73.8%
Over 52 weeks: 220
Median wait: 18 wks; Published median for this list

220 people (4.2%, roughly 1 in 24) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 22 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 5.8% of everyone waiting at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on this list waiting under 18 weeks stayed broadly stable (53% to 52%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: down 4.7 points over 3 months (56.5% in March 2026); down 2.9 points over 6 months (54.7% in December 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

Broadly stable · -1 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.

View these figures as a table

Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
Month	Within 18 weeks
July 2025	52.8%
August 2025	50.7%
September 2025	52.3%
October 2025	53.3%
November 2025	55.3%
December 2025	54.7%
January 2026	52.6%
February 2026	51.4%
March 2026	56.5%
April 2026	57.3%
May 2026	54.2%
June 2026	51.8%

Month-to-month movements of less than two percentage points are treated as normal variation rather than a real change in direction.

Month-by-month figures

Monthly Ophthalmology figures at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Month	Waiting	Under 18 weeks	Over 52 weeks
July 2025	5,845	52.8%	167
August 2025	5,302	50.7%	204
September 2025	5,199	52.3%	209
October 2025	5,299	53.3%	209
November 2025	5,122	55.3%	200
December 2025	5,043	54.7%	193
January 2026	5,011	52.6%	181
February 2026	4,963	51.4%	173
March 2026	5,291	56.5%	184
April 2026	5,519	57.3%	201
May 2026	5,161	54.2%	190
June 2026	5,254	51.8%	220

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
Trust	Distance	Waiting	Under 18 weeks	Difference
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	24.3 mi	5,358	85%	+33 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.

Related guides on this site

Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
How to switch hospitals for faster NHS treatment
Reference article on how hospital switching works within the NHS.
NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
What happens after 52 weeks on a waiting list
Background on how year-plus waits are treated in NHS reporting.
How to use PALS about a waiting list
Reference article explaining what a Patient Advice and Liaison Service does.

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