South Eastern HSC Trust Average Outpatient Waiting Times
Published Encompass data is subject to ongoing validation by each Trust.
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 30 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 46 Routine 108 -
DENTAL
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 162 Routine 188 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 52 Routine 202 -
DIABETOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 8 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 2 Routine 4 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 54 Routine 180 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 48 Routine 166 -
GENERAL MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 29 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 45 Routine 134 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 16 -
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 74 Routine 157 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 12 Routine 115 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 7 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 33 Routine 48 -
OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 6 Urgent 14 Routine 22 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 24 Routine 97 PAEDIATRIC ENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 50 Routine 144 PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 7 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 77 -
PLASTIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 5 Urgent 40 Routine 151 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 116 Routine 211 -
RESPIRATORY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 33 Routine 60 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 21 Routine 125