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.
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BREAST
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 57 Urgent 187 Routine 245 -
CARDIAC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 15 Routine 12 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 34 -
CATARACTS**
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 27 Routine 35 -
DENTAL
DENTISTRY INC ORAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 21 Routine 18 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 46 Routine 76 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 30 Urgent 6 Routine 6 -
ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 5 Urgent 101 Routine 240 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 16 Urgent 141 Routine 219 -
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 58 Routine 116 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 8 Urgent 22 Routine 14 -
NEUROSURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 7 Urgent 30 Routine 133 -
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 8 Urgent 36 Routine 70 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 44 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 46 Routine 76 PAEDIATRIC ENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 70 Routine 68 PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 43 Routine 4 PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 2 Routine 10 PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 37 Routine 19 PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 28 Routine 44 PAEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 31 Routine 26 PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 31 Routine 55 PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 52 Routine 87 PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 38 PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 27 Urgent 51 Routine 65 PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 142 Routine 99 -
ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 96 Routine 95 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 5 Urgent 59 Routine 84 -
VASCULAR
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 40 Routine 118