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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.

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 41
    Urgent 199
    Routine 253

     

  • CARDIAC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 11
    Routine 13

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 9
    Routine 26

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 32
    Routine 39

     

  • DENTAL

    DENTISTRY INCLUDING ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 16
    Routine 12

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 50
    Routine 86
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 30
    Urgent 6

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 5
    Urgent 105
    Routine 252

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 22
    Urgent 138
    Routine 215

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 47
    Routine 114

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 35
    Routine 7

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 33
    Routine 146

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 34
    Routine 55

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 105
    Routine 99

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 38

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 50
    Routine 86

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 67
    Routine 68

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 2

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 27

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 24
    Routine 45

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 40
    Routine 80

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 54

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 42
    Routine 57

    PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 131
    Routine 90
  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 24
    Urgent 22
    Routine 36

     

  • THORACIC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 3
    Urgent 113
    Routine 178

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 5
    Urgent 59
    Routine 86

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 36
    Routine 128

     

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