Cataract surgery waiting times, hospital by hospital

Updated July 2026 · NHS RTT data (Referral to Treatment: the NHS wait-time framework)

• Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield3 weeks
• Heartlands HospitalBirmingham3 weeks
• Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham3 weeks
• Solihull HospitalSolihull3 weeks
• The Harborne HospitalBirmingham3 weeks
• Dorset County HospitalDorset4 weeks
• Crawley HospitalCrawley5 weeks
• East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead5 weeks
• Corbett HospitalDudley6 weeks
• Guest HospitalDudley6 weeks
• Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire6 weeks
• Russells Hall HospitalDudley6 weeks
• Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton6 weeks
• St Helens HospitalSt. Helens6 weeks
• Whiston HospitalKnowsley6 weeks
• Airedale General HospitalBradford7 weeks
• Central Middlesex HospitalBrent7 weeks
• Ealing HospitalEaling7 weeks
• Leighton HospitalCheshire East7 weeks
• Northwick Park HospitalBrent7 weeks
• Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester7 weeks
• Royal Berkshire HospitalReading8 weeks
• Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire8 weeks
• South Newton HospitalWiltshire8 weeks
• Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool9 weeks
• Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne9 weeks
• Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets9 weeks
• Newham General HospitalNewham9 weeks
• Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow9 weeks
• Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool9 weeks
• St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London9 weeks
• The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets9 weeks
• The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne9 weeks
• University Hospital AintreeLiverpool9 weeks
• Walton HospitalLiverpool9 weeks
• Wanstead HospitalRedbridge9 weeks
• Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest9 weeks
• Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire10 weeks
• Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of10 weeks
• Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham10 weeks
• City HospitalBirmingham10 weeks
• Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire10 weeks
• Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness10 weeks
• Guy's HospitalSouthwark10 weeks
• Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham10 weeks
• Harefield HospitalHillingdon10 weeks
• Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire10 weeks
• Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell10 weeks
• Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough10 weeks
• Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell10 weeks
• Royal Brompton HospitalKensington and Chelsea10 weeks
• Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster10 weeks
• Sandwell General HospitalSandwell10 weeks
• St Mary's HospitalWestminster10 weeks
• St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of10 weeks
• St Thomas' HospitalLambeth10 weeks
• Stamford & Rutland HospitalSouth Kesteven10 weeks
• Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire10 weeks
• The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough10 weeks
• Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness10 weeks
• Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset10 weeks
• Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire10 weeks
• Bridgwater HospitalSomerset11 weeks
• Burnham on Sea HospitalSomerset11 weeks
• Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale11 weeks
• Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester11 weeks
• Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell11 weeks
• Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees11 weeks
• James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth11 weeks
• Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley11 weeks
• Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset11 weeks
• Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire11 weeks
• St Edmund's HospitalWest Northamptonshire11 weeks
• St Helier HospitalSutton11 weeks
• Trinity HospitalSomerset11 weeks
• Yeatman HospitalDorset11 weeks
• Yeovil District HospitalSomerset11 weeks
• Bexhill HospitalRother12 weeks
• Conquest HospitalHastings12 weeks
• Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne12 weeks
• Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath12 weeks
• Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead12 weeks
• Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon12 weeks
• King Edward Vii HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead12 weeks
• Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester12 weeks
• North Manchester General HospitalManchester12 weeks
• Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton12 weeks
• Southampton General HospitalSouthampton12 weeks
• St Mark's HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead12 weeks
• Stepping Hill HospitalStockport12 weeks
• Trafford General HospitalTrafford12 weeks
• Uckfield HospitalWealden12 weeks
• Wexham Park HospitalSlough12 weeks
• Wythenshawe HospitalManchester12 weeks
• Barnsley HospitalBarnsley13 weeks
• Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds13 weeks
• Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham13 weeks
• Cirencester HospitalCotswold13 weeks
• Clarendon Wing, Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds13 weeks
• Delancey HospitalCheltenham13 weeks
• Fairford HospitalCotswold13 weeks
• George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth13 weeks
• Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester13 weeks
• Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds13 weeks
• Leigh InfirmaryWigan13 weeks
• Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan13 weeks
• Royal Bolton HospitalBolton13 weeks
• Seacroft HospitalLeeds13 weeks
• St James's University HospitalLeeds13 weeks
• Stroud General HospitalStroud13 weeks
• Wharfedale HospitalLeeds13 weeks
• Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire13 weeks
• Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield14 weeks
• Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire14 weeks
• Fordcombe HospitalTunbridge Wells14 weeks
• Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire14 weeks
• Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury14 weeks
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet14 weeks
• Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire14 weeks
• Sevenoaks HospitalSevenoaks14 weeks
• South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside14 weeks
• Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland14 weeks
• The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone14 weeks
• The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells14 weeks
• William Harvey HospitalAshford14 weeks
• Altrincham General HospitalTrafford15 weeks
• Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane15 weeks
• Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley15 weeks
• Halton HospitalHalton15 weeks
• Lister HospitalStevenage15 weeks
• Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield15 weeks
• Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester15 weeks
• Warrington HospitalWarrington15 weeks
• Winchester County HospitalTest Valley15 weeks
• Axminster HospitalEast Devon16 weeks
• Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool16 weeks
• Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford16 weeks
• County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey16 weeks
• Exmouth HospitalEast Devon16 weeks
• Fleetwood HospitalWyre16 weeks
• Grantham & District HospitalGrantham16 weeks
• Heavitree HospitalExeter16 weeks
• Honiton HospitalEast Devon16 weeks
• John Coupland HospitalWest Lindsey16 weeks
• Johnson HospitalSouth Holland16 weeks
• King's Mill HospitalAshfield16 weeks
• Lincoln County HospitalLincoln16 weeks
• Lynfield Mount HospitalBradford16 weeks
• Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood16 weeks
• North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon16 weeks
• Pilgrim HospitalBoston16 weeks
• Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter16 weeks
• St Lukes HospitalBradford16 weeks
• Tiverton and District HospitalMid Devon16 weeks
• Victoria HospitalEast Devon16 weeks
• Welland HospitalSouth Holland16 weeks
• Barnet HospitalBarnet17 weeks
• Bolitho HospitalCornwall17 weeks
• Burton HospitalBurton upon Trent17 weeks
• Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire17 weeks
• Chase Farm HospitalEnfield17 weeks
• Hadley Wood HospitalBarnet17 weeks
• Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of17 weeks
• Leamington Spa HospitalWarwick17 weeks
• Mount Vernon HospitalHillingdon17 weeks
• North Middlesex HospitalEnfield17 weeks
• Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall17 weeks
• Royal Derby HospitalDerby17 weeks
• Royal Free HospitalCamden17 weeks
• St Austell Surgical HubCornwall17 weeks
• St Michael's HospitalEnfield17 weeks
• St Michael's HospitalCornwall17 weeks
• Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon17 weeks
• Warwick HospitalWarwick17 weeks
• West Cornwall HospitalCornwall17 weeks
• Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge18 weeks
• Ashford HospitalSpelthorne18 weeks
• Bridgnorth HospitalShropshire18 weeks
• Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole18 weeks
• Churchill HospitalOxford18 weeks
• Colchester General HospitalColchester18 weeks
• Horton General HospitalCherwell18 weeks
• Ipswich HospitalIpswich18 weeks
• John Radcliffe HospitalOxford18 weeks
• Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford18 weeks
• Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole18 weeks
• Princess Royal HospitalTelford18 weeks
• Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham18 weeks
• Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole18 weeks
• Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire18 weeks
• St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole18 weeks
• St Peter's HospitalRunnymede18 weeks
• The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk18 weeks
• Alexandra HospitalRedditch19 weeks
• Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk19 weeks
• Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees19 weeks
• Farnham Road HospitalGuildford19 weeks
• Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire19 weeks
• Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest19 weeks
• Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes19 weeks
• Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk19 weeks
• Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield19 weeks
• Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield19 weeks
• Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford19 weeks
• Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester19 weeks
• Birch Hill HospitalRochdale20 weeks
• Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove20 weeks
• Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley20 weeks
• County HospitalStafford20 weeks
• Fairfield General HospitalBury20 weeks
• Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire20 weeks
• Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of20 weeks
• Lewes Victoria HospitalLewes20 weeks
• Nottingham City HospitalNottingham20 weeks
• Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex20 weeks
• Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth20 weeks
• Queen's Medical CentreNottingham20 weeks
• Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale20 weeks
• Royal Preston HospitalPreston20 weeks
• Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent20 weeks
• Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove20 weeks
• Southlands HospitalAdur20 weeks
• St George's HospitalStafford20 weeks
• St Mary's HospitalPortsmouth20 weeks
• St Richards HospitalChichester20 weeks
• The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham20 weeks
• Worthing HospitalWorthing20 weeks
• Basildon HospitalBasildon21 weeks
• Broomfield HospitalChelmsford21 weeks
• Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East21 weeks
• Orsett HospitalThurrock21 weeks
• Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea21 weeks
• St Michael's HospitalBraintree21 weeks
• Glenfield HospitalLeicester23 weeks
• King's College HospitalLambeth23 weeks
• Leicester General HospitalLeicester23 weeks
• Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester23 weeks
• Orpington HospitalBromley23 weeks
• Princess Royal University HospitalBromley23 weeks
• St Lukes HospitalHarborough23 weeks
• Bedford HospitalBedford24 weeks
• Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire24 weeks
• Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase24 weeks
• Cross Lane HospitalNorth Yorkshire24 weeks
• King George HospitalRedbridge24 weeks
• Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton24 weeks
• New Cross HospitalWolverhampton24 weeks
• Queen's HospitalHavering24 weeks
• Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire24 weeks
• St Mary's HospitalNorth Yorkshire24 weeks
• York HospitalYork24 weeks
• Arrowe Park HospitalWirral25 weeks
• Clatterbridge HospitalWirral25 weeks
• Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset26 weeks
• Burnley General HospitalBurnley27 weeks
• Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland27 weeks
• Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen27 weeks
• West Cumberland HospitalCumberland27 weeks
• Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw28 weeks
• Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster28 weeks
• Montagu HospitalDoncaster28 weeks
• Hospital of St CrossRugby29 weeks
• Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames29 weeks
• St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight29 weeks
• University HospitalCoventry29 weeks
• Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington30 weeks
• Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham30 weeks
• University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham30 weeks
• The Great Western HospitalSwindon32 weeks
• West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk33 weeks
• Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea38 weeks
• West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow38 weeks
• St Albans City HospitalSt Albans43 weeks
• Watford General HospitalWatford43 weeks

274 hospitals with a published wait, plus 54 without. Each figure is how long half of patients wait for the whole Ophthalmology specialty at the trust that runs the hospital, from GP referral to the start of treatment: the NHS does not publish a wait for cataract surgery on its own. One hospital per trust for now; larger trusts run several.