Western 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*
- Some services may be managed by one trust, but will provide care for patients across Northern Ireland as a regional service. This will be denoted by a double asterisks e.g. Cataracts**
- 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 <1 Urgent 9 Routine 11 -
CARDIOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 8 -
CATARACTS**
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 69 Routine 90 -
DENTAL
ORAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 40 Routine 161 ORTHODONTICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 6 Routine 11 -
DERMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 36 Routine 63 -
DIABETOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 14 -
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 17 Routine 56 -
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 32 Routine 97 -
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 91 Routine 186 -
GENERAL SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 4 Urgent 110 Routine 158 -
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 78 Routine 68 -
GYNAECOLOGY
GYNAECOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 37 Routine 128 GYNAECOLOGY COLPOSCOPY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 21 -
HAEMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 3 Urgent 4 Routine 3 -
NEPHROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 7 Routine 11 -
NEUROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 79 Routine 261 -
OPHTHALMOLOGY
OPTHALMOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag <1 Urgent 17 Routine 76 OPTHALMOLOGY – DIABETIC MACULAR OEDEMA
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 OPTHALMOLOGY – RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 8 OPTHALMOLOGY – WET AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 3 Routine 4 -
PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 4 Routine 11 PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 16 Routine 23 PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 9 Routine 18 -
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 5 Routine 18 -
RESPIRATORY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 10 Routine 31 -
RHEUMATOLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Urgent 27 Routine 92 -
ORTHOPAEDICS
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 1 Urgent 5 Routine 35 -
UROLOGY
Priority Average Wait (Weeks) Red Flag 2 Urgent 25 Routine 42