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.
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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