Hospital service waiting times
Ophthalmology waiting times at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
At the end of June 2026, 12,804 people were on the Ophthalmology at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (54%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Ophthalmology across England
- People waiting
- 12,804
- End of June 2026
- Under 18 weeks
- 53.6%
- England: 73.8%
- Over 52 weeks
- 309
- Median wait
- 17 wks
- Published median for this list
309 people (2.4%, roughly 1 in 42) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.
This hospital's published position is 20.2 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; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 11% of everyone waiting at University Hospitals Sussex 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 (52% to 54%).
Share waiting under 18 weeks: down 3.3 points over 3 months (56.9% in March 2026); broadly unchanged over 6 months (53.6% in December 2025).
Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month
Broadly stable · +1.5 pointsPercentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.
View these figures as a table
| Month | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|
| July 2025 | 52.1% |
| August 2025 | 52% |
| September 2025 | 53.2% |
| October 2025 | 53% |
| November 2025 | 54.1% |
| December 2025 | 53.6% |
| January 2026 | 53.6% |
| February 2026 | 54.5% |
| March 2026 | 56.9% |
| April 2026 | 54.8% |
| May 2026 | 55.3% |
| June 2026 | 53.6% |
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
| Month | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 12,918 | 52.1% | 671 |
| August 2025 | 12,917 | 52.0% | 677 |
| September 2025 | 12,575 | 53.2% | 621 |
| October 2025 | 12,230 | 53.0% | 510 |
| November 2025 | 12,110 | 54.1% | 380 |
| December 2025 | 12,029 | 53.6% | 317 |
| January 2026 | 11,861 | 53.6% | 261 |
| February 2026 | 12,140 | 54.5% | 321 |
| March 2026 | 12,345 | 56.9% | 226 |
| April 2026 | 12,607 | 54.8% | 245 |
| May 2026 | 12,760 | 55.3% | 254 |
| June 2026 | 12,804 | 53.6% | 309 |
Other NHS trusts offering ophthalmology within 25 miles
No other NHS trust within 25 miles reported this service in the latest month.
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.