Cataract surgery waiting time at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust does not report a ophthalmology treatment wait to NHS England, so there is no figure to show for this hospital.
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About cataracts
A cataract is when the lens inside your eye becomes cloudy, making vision blurry or misty. It can also make colours look faded and cause glare from lights.
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Before treatment: getting diagnosed
Cataracts are diagnosed by an optometrist at a routine eye test, on the high street or at home, not by a hospital scan, so there is no separate NHS scan queue to wait in before treatment. Once the optometrist confirms the cataract affects your sight enough to meet the local threshold, they refer you to the hospital, and the wait below is that surgery queue.
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How we know this
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