South Eastern HSC Trust – Treatments

South Eastern HSC Trust Average Treatment Waiting Times

Published Encompass data is subject to ongoing validation by each Trust. 

A treatment is where you have been assessed by a clinician and then placed on a waiting list for an In Patient and/or Day Case Procedure.

What does this mean?

• Treatment average waiting times include all those patients who are waiting for their first inpatient and/or day case treatment appointment.
• 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 treatments. Patients waiting within subspecialties may experience a shorter waiting time or a significantly longer waiting time depending on the demand for a particular subspecialty treatment 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.
• Some services may be managed by one trust, but will provide care for patients across Northern Ireland as a regional service or at a regional centre. This will be denoted by a double asterisks e.g. ENT**.
• The waiting time information provided is updated by the first Thursday of each month.

The different waiting times refer to the level of priority of the treatment type:

• 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 or text messages 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.

• CARDIOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	16
  Routine	15

   

• DENTAL

  DENTISTRY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	6
  Routine	30

  ORAL SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	5
  Urgent	47
  Routine	107

• DERMATOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	26
  Routine	12

   

• ENT (EAR, NOSE AND THROAT)**

  ENT**

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	100
  Routine	199

  PAEDIATRIC ENT

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Routine	27

• GENERAL MEDICINE

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Routine	40

   

• GENERAL SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	8
  Urgent	56
  Routine	77

   

• GYNAECOLOGY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	11
  Urgent	113
  Routine	167

   

• PAEDIATRICS

  PAEDIATRIC ENT

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Routine	27

  PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	21
  Routine	50

• PAIN MANAGEMENT

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Urgent	24
  Routine	26

   

• PLASTIC SURGERY

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	10
  Urgent	127
  Routine	242

   

• UROLOGY**

  Priority	Average Wait (Weeks)
  Red Flag	5
  Urgent	61
  Routine	87