Eyes (ophthalmology) waiting times at Queen's Medical Centre (July 2026 NHS data)
The typical NHS wait for Eyes (ophthalmology) at Queen's Medical Centre, run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, is 20 weeks (median, July 2026).
NHS RTT data · July 2026
Half of the people treated waited less than this, half waited longer, measured from referral to treatment. This is the wait for patients admitted for treatment (admitted). Urgent cases are treated sooner.
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The national median for Eyes (ophthalmology) is 13 weeks, so Queen's Medical Centre is about 7 weeks longer than the national wait. Among the 101 hospitals reporting Eyes (ophthalmology), it has the 75th shortest wait.
Nearer hospitals with a shorter wait
For Eyes (ophthalmology), these hospitals within reach report a shorter typical wait. Under the NHS right to choose, you can ask to be treated at any of them, for free.
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby17 wks · 14 mi
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood16 wks · 18 mi
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield14 wks · 22 mi
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth13 wks · 32 mi
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham18 wks · 33 mi
Conditions we cover in Eyes (ophthalmology)
These sit within the ophthalmology waiting list at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, so each shares its 20-week wait here. Open one for the NHS-vs-private picture for that condition.
Your four routes from here
- Stay on the NHS here at Queen's Medical Centre, free, about 20 weeks.
- Switch NHS hospital to a nearer one with a shorter wait, still free.
- NHS-private mix: pay for one step, such as a scan or first appointment, then continue on the NHS.
- Go fully private to skip the wait, at a cost you control.
How long will you really wait, and how could you go sooner?
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See your free wait-or-pay dashboard→How we know this
NHS RTT (referral to treatment) data, July 2026, for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The figure is the admitted median for ophthalmology as a whole, not any single condition. The NHS publishes one wait per trust, not per hospital site, so this is the wait for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.Wait or Pay is independent and is not the NHS. Nothing here is medical advice.