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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 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.
  • BREAST SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 2
    Routine 45

    Red Flag patients waiting for Breast Surgery will be treated under the regional service within South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. Please see the link below for the Breast Surgery Red Flag average wait:

    https://online.hscni.net/my-waiting-times-ni/setrust/set-outpatients/

  • CARDIOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 11
    Routine 20
  • CATARACTS**
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 36
    Routine 87
  • DENTAL

    ORAL SURGERY 

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 48
    Routine 167

    ORTHODONTICS 

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 8
    Routine 26
  • DERMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 26
    Routine 47
  • DIABETOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 5
    Routine 11
  • ENDOCRINOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 5
    Routine 64
  • EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 39
    Routine 115
  • GASTROENTEROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 3
    Urgent 92
    Routine 181

     

  • GENERAL SURGERY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 4
    Urgent 102
    Routine 146
  • GERIATRIC MEDICINE
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 4
    Routine 14
  • GYNAECOLOGY

    GYNAECOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 2
    Urgent 47
    Routine 90
  • HAEMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 2
    Routine 1
  • NEPHROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 7
    Routine 19
  • NEUROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 69
    Routine 283
  • OPHTHALMOLOGY

    OPTHALMOLOGY 

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 16
    Routine 83

     OPTHALMOLOGY  – RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION 

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 8

    OPTHALMOLOGY  – MACULAR

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 2
    Routine 3

    OPTHALMOLOGY  – GLAUCOMA

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 5
    Routine 10

     

  • ORTHOPAEDICS
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 14
    Routine 69

     

  • PAEDIATRICS

    PAEDIATRICS ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 14

    PAEDIATRICS CARDIOLOGY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 21

    PAEDIATRIC MEDICINE

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 5
    Routine 19

    PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 2
    Routine 31

    PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Routine 34
  • PAIN MANAGEMENT
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 21
    Routine 33
  • RESPIRATORY (THORACIC MEDICINE)
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 14
    Routine 41
  • RHEUMATOLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Urgent 32
    Routine 99
  • UROLOGY
    Priority Average Wait (Weeks)
    Red Flag 1
    Urgent 13
    Routine 63

     

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