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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 52
    Urgent 194
    Routine 246

     

  • CARDIAC SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 16
    Routine 12

     

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 10
    Routine 34

     

  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 25
    Routine 34

     

  • DENTAL

    ORAL SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 14

    DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 18
    Routine 17

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 49
    Routine 75
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 31
    Urgent 6

     

  • ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 103
    Routine 239

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 15
    Urgent 143
    Routine 219

     

  • GYNAECOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 63
    Routine 119

     

  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 19
    Routine 13

     

  • NEUROSURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 30
    Routine 137

     

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 31
    Routine 56

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 55

    PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 49
    Routine 75

    PAEDIATRIC ENT

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 70
    Routine 66

    PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 4

    PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 8

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 16

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 31
    Routine 58

    PAEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 90

    PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 41

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 56
    Routine 67

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 109
    Routine 106

     

  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 6
    Urgent 63
    Routine 90

     

  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 40
    Routine 118

     

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