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 3 Urgent 10 Routine 34 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 90 -
DENTAL
ORAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 19 Routine 44 ORTHODONTICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 30 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 30 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 20 Urgent 36 Routine 151 -
DIABETOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 14 Routine 26 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 30 Routine 76 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 18 Routine 112 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 21 Urgent 73 Routine 136 -
GENERAL MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 171 Routine 158 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 60 Routine 134 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 166 -
GYNAECOLOGY
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 48 Routine 96 GYNAECOLOGY COLPOSCOPY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 1 Routine 2 GYNAECOLOGY URODYNAMICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 17 Routine 18 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 13 Urgent 107 Routine 117 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 2 Routine 5 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 34 Routine 192 -
ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 5 Urgent 28 Routine 64 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 29 PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 10 Routine 35 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Routine 30 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 14 Routine 36 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 103 Routine 250 -
THORACICS
THORACIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 56 Routine 144 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 15 Routine 133