Appointment and Admission Waits
New Appointment and Admission Waits by Specialty - As at: 20/10/2019
For patients first seen/admitted between 01/09/2019 and 13/10/2019.
This report details, by specialty, the 50th and the 90th percentile waiting times (in weeks) from date of referral for patients:
- To be seen in Outpatients for the first time
- To be admitted as an Inpatient for their first definitive treatment
Please note:
- Waiting times for Outpatient Appointments WILL NOT include DNAs and patient-initiated delays
- Waiting times for Inpatient Admissions WILL include patient-initiated delays
| Specialty | New Outpatient Appointment | First Inpatient Admission for Treatment | |||
| 50th Percentile | 95th Percentile | 50th Percentile | 95th Percentile | ||
| Audiological Medicine | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| Breast Surgery | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cardiac Surgery | 2 | 10 | 14 | 14 | |
| Cardiology | 8 | 21 | 26 | 48 | |
| Child Psychology | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| Clinical Allergy | 12 | 25 | - | - | |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 7 | 26 | - | - | |
| Clinical Haematology | 8 | 22 | - | - | |
| Clinical Immunology | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| Clinical Oncology | 1 | 11 | - | - | |
| Colorectal Surgery | 6 | 24 | 21 | 68 | |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 13 | 21 | - | - | |
| Dermatology | 5 | 16 | 18 | 19 | |
| Diabetic Medicine | 4 | 22 | - | - | |
| Endocrinology | 8 | 28 | - | - | |
| Endoscopy | - | - | 0 | 9 | |
| ENT | 5 | 15 | 14 | 42 | |
| Gastroenterology | 7 | 36 | 2 | 2 | |
| General Medicine | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| General Surgery | 6 | 13 | 18 | 40 | |
| Geriatric Medicine | 11 | 13 | - | - | |
| Gynae - Colposcopy | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gynae - Hysteroscopy | 7 | 11 | - | - | |
| Gynaecology | 1 | 10 | 37 | 48 | |
| Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery | 5 | 9 | 15 | 47 | |
| Hepatology | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lumbar Spine | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| Maxillo Facial Surgery | 6 | 11 | 10 | 18 | |
| Nephrology | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| Neurology | 16 | 26 | 7 | 14 | |
| Neurophysiology | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| Neuropsychology | 14 | 38 | - | - | |
| Neurosurgery | 6 | 43 | 8 | 50 | |
| Nuclear Medicine | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| Obstetrics | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oesophago-Gastric Surgery | 4 | 10 | 47 | 67 | |
| Ophthalmology | 6 | 13 | 20 | 30 | |
| Optician | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| Orthodontics | 11 | 22 | - | - | |
| Orthopaedics | 5 | 19 | 18 | 51 | |
| Orthoptist | 5 | 14 | - | - | |
| Paediatric Neurodisability | 7 | 39 | - | - | |
| Paediatrics | 4 | 16 | - | - | |
| Pain Management | 15 | 23 | - | - | |
| Palliative Medicine | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Plastic Surgery | 3 | 14 | 10 | 49 | |
| Rheumatology | 7 | 31 | - | - | |
| Speech & Language Therapy | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thoracic Medicine | 19 | 45 | - | - | |
| Thoracic Surgery | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Trauma | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Upper GI Surgery | - | - | 49 | 61 | |
| Uro - Gynaecology | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| Uro - Infertility | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| Urology | 6 | 27 | 32 | 57 | |
| Vascular Surgery | 5 | 12 | 16 | 55 | |