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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 28
    Urgent 187
    Routine 229

     

  • CARDIAC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 13
    Routine 14

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 13
    Routine 27

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 19
    Routine 42

     

  • DENTAL

    DENTISTRY INCLUDING ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 11
    Routine 14

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 39
    Routine 89
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 10
    Urgent 5

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 101
    Routine 233

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 28
    Urgent 95
    Routine 178

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 27
    Routine 47

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 29
    Routine 10

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 25
    Routine 107

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 27
    Routine 53

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 100
    Routine 92

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 22

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 39
    Routine 89

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 46
    Routine 46

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 3

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 18
    Routine 30

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 28
    Routine 78

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 81

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 33
    Routine 41

    PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 65
    Routine 74
  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 44
    Urgent 38
    Routine 43

     

  • THORACIC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 79
    Routine 117

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 3
    Urgent 41
    Routine 50

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 30
    Routine 107

     

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