Belfast HSC Trust – Outpatient

Belfast HSC Trust Average Outpatient Waiting Times

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

What does this mean?

• 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 appointments. Patients waiting within subspecialties may experience a shorter waiting time or a significantly longer waiting time depending on the demand for a particular subspecialty appointment 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. This will be denoted by an asterisk e.g. Orthopaedics*
• Some services may be managed by one trust, but will provide care for patients across Northern Ireland as a regional service. This will be denoted by a double asterisks e.g. Cataracts**
• The waiting time information provided is updated on the first Thursday of each month.

The different waiting times refer to the level of priority of the appointment:

• 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 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 SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	1
  Routine	39

  Red Flag patients waiting for Breast Surgery will be treated under the regional service within South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. Please see the link below for the Breast Surgery Red Flag average wait:

  https://online.hscni.net/my-waiting-times-ni/setrust/set-outpatients/

• CARDIOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	10
  Routine	56

   

• CATARACTS**

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	56
  Routine	108

   

• DENTAL

  ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	10
  Routine	28

  ORTHODONTICS

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	10
  Routine	57

  PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	52
  Routine	72

  RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	3
  Routine	4

  SPECIAL CARE RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Routine	38

   

• DERMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	8
  Urgent	96
  Routine	200

• DIABETES

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	4
  Routine	17

• ENDOCRINOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	2
  Urgent	14
  Routine	75

• EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	3
  Urgent	11
  Routine	83

• GASTROENTEROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	1
  Urgent	53
  Routine	89

• GENERAL MEDICINE

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	26
  Routine	74

• GENERAL SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	2
  Urgent	44
  Routine	122

• GERIATRIC MEDICINE

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	8
  Routine	17

   

• GYNAECOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	1
  Urgent	30
  Routine	56

• HAEMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	2
  Routine	8

• HEPATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	10
  Routine	67

• IMMUNOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	4
  Routine	20

   

• NEPHROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	7
  Routine	16

   

• NEUROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	90
  Routine	195

• NEUROSURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	2
  Urgent	20
  Routine	101

• OPHTHALMOLOGY

  OPHTHALMOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	58
  Routine	132

  OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	30
  Routine	49

  OPHTHALMOLOGY – RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	11
  Routine	17

  OPHTHALMOLOGY – DIABETIC

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	40
  Routine	52

  OPHTHALMOLOGY – GLAUCOMA

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	68
  Routine	50

  OPHTHALMOLOGY – PAEDIATRICS

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	7
  Routine	38

   

• ORTHOPAEDICS

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	4
  Urgent	37
  Routine	58

• PAEDIATRICS

  PAEDIATRIC ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	35
  Routine	130

  PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	12
  Routine	19

  PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	52
  Routine	72

  PAEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	42
  Routine	133

  PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	17
  Routine	115

  PAEDIATRIC ENT

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	19
  Routine	47

  PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	16
  Routine	53

  PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	12
  Routine	33

  PAEDIATRIC MEDICINE

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	9
  Routine	62

  PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Routine	6

  PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	11
  Routine	16

  PAEDIATRIC OPHTHAMOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	7
  Routine	38

  PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	5
  Routine	66

  PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	22
  Routine	106

  PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	28
  Routine	35

  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	10

  PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	9
  Routine	6

  PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	6
  Routine	22

• PAIN MANAGEMENT

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	12
  Routine	28

• RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	5
  Routine	48

• RHEUMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	24
  Routine	256

• THORACIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	4
  Routine	7

   

• UROLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	<1
  Urgent	4
  Routine	51

   

• VASCULAR

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	2
  Routine	98