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Ophthalmology waiting times at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 10,206 people were on the Ophthalmology at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (65%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England

People waiting
10,206
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
64.6%
England: 72.2%
Over 52 weeks
79
Median wait
14 wks
Published median for this list

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

This hospital's published position is 7.6 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 10.1% of everyone waiting at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton 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: 64.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 60.3% 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
64.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
65.8% then · change to latest -1.2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
56.6% then · change to latest +8 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
60.3% then · change to latest +4.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
59% then · change to latest +5.6 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202664.6%10,206
July 202665.1%9,968
June 202666.6%9,621
May 202665.8%9,248
April 202664.6%9,106
March 202662.7%8,660
February 202656.6%9,923
January 202653.1%10,539
December 202555.1%10,443
November 202557.7%10,464
October 202558.9%10,130
September 202559.5%10,224
August 202560.3%10,082
July 202559.6%10,175
June 202558.7%10,434
May 202556.5%10,955
April 202554.3%11,018
March 202552.6%11,131
February 202551.1%11,346
January 202551%11,323
December 202452.3%11,278
November 202454%11,442
October 202456.6%11,141
September 202456.9%10,999
August 202459.3%11,159
July 202458.2%10,837
June 202458.3%11,032
May 202459.7%10,699
April 202459%10,425
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
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust13.8 mi8,55468%+3.3 pp
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust19.4 mi3,29959%-5.3 pp
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust23 mi2,24168%+3.5 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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