Northern HSC Trust Average Outpatient Waiting Times
Please Note: We are unable to report the average waiting times for Northern Trust at this time as the Trust is implementing a new electronic patient record system (encompass). The figures below are correct as at Wednesday 6th November 2024.
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*
- 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 2 Urgent 2 Routine 13 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 19 -
DENTAL
ORAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 73 Routine 219 ORTHODONTICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 7 Routine 34 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks Red Flag 11 Urgent 56 Routine 125 -
DIABETOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 9 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 6 Urgent 12 Routine 50 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 27 Routine 62 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 42 Routine 153 -
GENERAL MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 24 Routine 58 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 38 Routine 89 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 13 Routine 33 -
GYNAECOLOGY
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag <1 Urgent 8 Routine 58 GYNAECOLOGY COLPOSCOPY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 2 Routine 3 GYNAECOLOGY HYSTEROSCOPY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 3 Routine 3 GYNAECOLOGY URODYNAMICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 31 Routine 38 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 40 Routine 140 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 1 Routine 2 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 70 Routine 86 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 28 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 32 Routine 92 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 23 Routine 63 -
THORACICS
THORACIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 33 Routine 72