Southern HSC Trust Average Outpatient Waiting Times
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 7 Routine 32 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 9 Routine 86 -
DENTAL
ORAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 19 Routine 42 ORTHODONTICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 31 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 26 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 18 Urgent 34 Routine 149 -
DIABETOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 14 Routine 27 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 32 Routine 76 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 17 Routine 111 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 20 Urgent 71 Routine 134 -
GENERAL MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 150 Routine 126 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 59 Routine 134 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 180 -
GYNAECOLOGY
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 49 Routine 95 GYNAECOLOGY COLPOSCOPY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag <1 Urgent 2 Routine 2 GYNAECOLOGY URODYNAMICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 19 Routine 17 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 12 Urgent 113 Routine 124 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 1 Routine 4 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 33 Routine 190 -
ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 7 Urgent 25 Routine 64 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 29 PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 33 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 26 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 12 Routine 36 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 102 Routine 247 -
THORACICS
THORACIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 55 Routine 142 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 15 Routine 139