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Western HSC Trust – Outpatient

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 average waiting time for first outpatient appointment is the average waiting time for your first appointment with a clinician having been referred by your GP. This may be face to face, online or by telephone.
  • 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.
  • BREAST SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag <1
    Urgent 4
    Routine 17
  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 7
    Routine 11
  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 37
    Routine 82
  • DENTAL

    ORAL SURGERY 

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 17
    Routine 147

    ORTHODONTICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 12
    Routine 14
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 18
    Routine 44
  • DIABETOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 3
    Routine 8
  • ENDOCRINOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 6
    Routine 25
  • EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 21
    Routine 63
  • GASTROENTEROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 76
    Routine 160
  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 3
    Urgent 90
    Routine 129
  • GERIATRIC MEDICINE
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 61
    Routine 59
  • GYNAECOLOGY

    GYNAECOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 24
    Routine 96

    GYNAECOLOGY COLPOSCOPY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 6
    Routine 13

     

  • HAEMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 1
    Routine 2
  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 5
    Routine 11
  • NEUROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 73
    Routine 226
  • OPHTHALMOLOGY

    OPHTHALMOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 13
    Routine 58

    OPHTHALMOLOGY – DIABETIC MACULAR OEDEMA (DMO)

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 9
    Routine 5

    OPHTHALMOLOGY – RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION (RVO)

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 6

    OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR ONLY (WET AMD)

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 4
    Routine <1
  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 3
    Routine 11

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 14
    Routine 16

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 8
    Routine 41
  • PAIN MANAGEMENT
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent <1
    Routine 16
  • RESPIRATORY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 8
    Routine 73
  • RHEUMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 27
    Routine 100
  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 7
    Routine 26
  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 9
    Routine 22
  • VASCULAR
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 14
    Routine 41