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Belfast HSC Trust – Treatments

Belfast HSC Trust Average Treatment Waiting Times

Published Encompass data is subject to ongoing validation by each Trust. 

A treatment is where you have been assessed by a clinician and then placed on a waiting list for an In Patient and/or Day Case Procedure. This does not include waiting time information for Endoscopy as this is reported separately.

What does this mean?

  • Treatment average waiting times include all those patients who are waiting for their first inpatient and/or day case treatment appointment.
  • Some patients will wait less time than the average and some patients will wait longer than the average waiting time indicated.
  • Average waiting time is the average (mean) of all patients waiting within the specialty at each hospital Trust and can be impacted by waiting times for subspecialty treatments. Patients waiting within subspecialties may experience a shorter waiting time or a significantly longer waiting time depending on the demand for a particular subspecialty treatment type.
  • The data presented in the website reflects the average waiting time for those patients who are actively waiting for their appointment, procedure or endoscopy.
  • Patients are being managed based on clinical urgency and therefore waiting times can vary depending on each patient’s clinical condition.
  • Some services may be provided by a multi-disciplinary team e.g. doctor, consultant, specialist nurse or an allied health professional.
  • Some services may be managed by one trust, but will provide care for patients across Northern Ireland as a regional service or at a regional centre. This will be denoted by a double asterisks e.g. ENT**
  • The waiting time information provided is updated by the first Thursday of each month.

The different waiting times refer to the level of priority of the treatment type:

  • Red Flag: These appointments are allocated to patients with suspected Cancer diagnosis and are the highest priority.
  • Urgent: These appointments are allocated to patients with urgent care needs other than Cancer.
  • Routine: These appointments are allocated to patients who require a non-urgent appointment.

Specialty A-Z

Please select the specialty you have been referred to or are under the care of from the list below.

If you are not sure which specialty you have been referred to, please check any letters or text messages that you have received from your hospital as this information should be included in these.

To note:

  • If the average waiting time for a specialty and/or a priority is less than 1 week, this will be denoted as < 1 in the average weeks waiting.
  • Where there is no current average waiting time for a priority, the priority for that specialty will not be reported.
  • BREAST
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 32
    Urgent 188
    Routine 234

     

  • CARDIAC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 12
    Routine 14

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 12
    Routine 23

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 17
    Routine 37

     

  • DENTAL

    DENTISTRY INCLUDING ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 11
    Routine 12

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 44
    Routine 90
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 10
    Urgent 4

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 3
    Urgent 103
    Routine 245

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 23
    Urgent 115
    Routine 184

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 32
    Routine 68

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 35
    Routine 27

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 28
    Routine 129

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 29
    Routine 59

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 103
    Routine 95

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 23

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 44
    Routine 90

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 54
    Routine 60

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 2

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 39

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 25
    Routine 22

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 42
    Routine 90

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 82

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 36
    Routine 46

    PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 111
    Routine 88
  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 36
    Urgent 28
    Routine 35

     

  • THORACIC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 66
    Routine 134

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 44
    Routine 61

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 28
    Routine 93

     

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