Thats probably going to vary where you live in England but....
Can anyone confirm how long waiting times for cataracts are in England roughly?
Genuine question.","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52545895","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"tardytortoise"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T07:53:44.000Z","text":"you need to surf across the nhs website and check out individual hospitals
here is just one example
myplannedcare.nhs.uk/swe…ogy"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52546887","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"keeganland"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T10:37:19.000Z","text":"After waiting years for them to say her sight was bad enough, we got an appointment for pre-op last May for her first eye. It took about 6 weeks for the actual operation to come through, and was told it would be about 6 months for her other eye.
Six months came and went, and we heard nothing. Whenever we called, they couldn't give an update. I checked the NHS, which said it should be a 12 week gap between each eye being done, so in late Jan, I made a complaint to PALS. They came back to us with a one sentence response which said that it was down to waiting times.
Then, about 2 weeks ago, she got an appointment letter for pre-op on her second eye, due next week, which going by the first eye, should mean, hopefully, she'll have the second eye done by the end of May.
TLDR; From first appointment to completed first surgery, about 2 months. From first appointment to completed surgery on both, about 13 months. From first requesting to completed surgery, about 3 years."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52547909","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Van1973"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T12:58:53.000Z","text":"My mother has just had both eyes done in the North East. Assessment appointment was late December, first eye done end of Feb and second eye end of March. I'm normally a critic of the NHS but this service was excellent."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52550110","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"pekoz1"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T19:26:41.000Z","text":"Sounds like my optician was right then. He did say that the local Welsh media is aware of the major differences that exist but doesnt seem interested / or are afraid to draw attention to it.
Private cost is just over £3000 per eye around here. For info we were told that the waiting list in the Cardiff area at the end of 2022 was around 2.5 years for the first eye.
Thanks everyone for the info "}],"commentCount":5,"interactionStatistic":3,"articleSection":"Ask"}