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.
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BREAST SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Routine 41 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 13 Routine 67 -
CATARACTS**
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 28 Routine 108 -
DENTAL
ORTHODONTICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 13 Routine 51 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 6 Routine 18 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 42 Routine 48 RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 9 SPECIAL CARE RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 112 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 9 Urgent 76 Routine 180 -
DIABETES
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 11 Routine 18 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 20 Routine 67 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 9 Routine 84 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 40 Routine 80 -
GENERAL MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 21 Routine 106 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 58 Routine 117 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 7 Routine 15 -
GYNAECOLOGY
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 26 Routine 59 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 2 Routine 17 -
HEPATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 41 Routine 71 -
IMMUNOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 16 Routine 36 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 13 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 84 Routine 197 -
NEUROSURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 19 Routine 76 -
ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 6 Urgent 26 Routine 58 -
OPHTHALMOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 39 Routine 134 OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 9 Routine 35 OPHTHALMOLOGY – RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 56 OPHTHALMOLOGY – DIABETIC
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 41 Routine 62 OPHTHALMOLOGY – GLAUCOMA
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 14 Routine 42 OPHTHALMOLOGY – PAEDIATRICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 22 Routine 30 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 66 PAEDIATRIC ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 25 Routine 127 PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 7 Routine 17 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 42 Routine 48 PAEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 23 Routine 118 PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 13 Routine 116 PAEDIATRIC ENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 13 Routine 30 PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 16 Routine 49 PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 37 PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 6 PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 7 Routine 17 PAEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 5 PAEDIATRIC OPHTHAMOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 22 Routine 30 PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 11 Routine 22 PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 16 Routine 98 PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 15 Routine 16 PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 10 PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 9 PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 19 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 32 Routine 43 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 42 Routine 246 -
RESPIRATORY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 11 Routine 54 -
THORACICS
THORACIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 18 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 16 Routine 53 -
VASCULAR
VASCULAR
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 89