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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 47
    Urgent 192
    Routine 252

     

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

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 10
    Routine 25

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 34
    Routine 39

     

  • DENTAL

    DENTISTRY INCLUDING ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 16
    Routine 11

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 51
    Routine 88
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 27
    Urgent 7

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 103
    Routine 250

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 22
    Urgent 134
    Routine 214

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 44
    Routine 112

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 30
    Routine 7

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 35
    Routine 140

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 38
    Routine 69

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 106
    Routine 98

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 25

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 51
    Routine 88

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 60
    Routine 68

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 5

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 30

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 27
    Routine 39

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 39
    Routine 81

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 61

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 40
    Routine 55

    PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 128
    Routine 85
  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 28
    Urgent 26
    Routine 36

     

  • THORACIC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 98
    Routine 171

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 52
    Routine 71

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 29
    Routine 99

     

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