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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.
  • Treatment average waiting times are inclusive of diagnostics and scopes waits.
  • BREAST
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 53
    Urgent 196
    Routine 254

     

  • CARDIAC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 13
    Routine 12

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 9
    Routine 27

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 32
    Routine 38

     

  • DENTAL

    DENTISTRY INCLUDING ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 19
    Routine 13

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 49
    Routine 82
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 30
    Urgent 6

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 6
    Urgent 102
    Routine 249

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 18
    Urgent 138
    Routine 219

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag <1
    Urgent 46
    Routine 111

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 32
    Routine 7

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 38
    Routine 141

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 8
    Urgent 37
    Routine 72

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 43

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 49
    Routine 82

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 68
    Routine 67

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 14

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 26

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 28
    Routine 62

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 38
    Routine 81

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 53

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 47
    Routine 61

    PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 143
    Routine 79
  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 105
    Routine 99

     

  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 22
    Urgent 22
    Routine 41

     

  • THORACIC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 117
    Routine 179

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 60
    Routine 98

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 38
    Routine 126

     

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