Waiting times for outpatient services
The below indicative waiting times are for first routine outpatient appointments only (not urgent or suspected cancer appointments).
The times below give an early indication of how long you are likely to wait. Some patients will wait less time than the average and some patients will wait longer than the average waiting time.
This page is updated monthly.
Waiting times by specialty
Breast
- 4 weeks
Cardiology
- 23 weeks
Dermatology
- Adult - 13 weeks
- Paediatric - 23 weeks
Diabetes
- 9 weeks
Dietetics
- 7 weeks
Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT)
- Adult - 21 weeks
- Paediatric - 28 weeks
Endocrinology
- 13 weeks
Gastroenterology
- 34 weeks
General Surgery
- Upper GI - 5 weeks
- Lower GI - 6 weeks
Geriatric Medicine
- 6 weeks
Gynaecology
- General Gynaecology - 34 weeks
- Colposcopy - 6 weeks
- Hysteroscopy - 8 weeks
- Urodynamics/gynae - 33 weeks
Haematology
- 37 weeks
Hepatology
- 30 weeks
Occupational Therapy (OT)
- 1 week
Ophthalmology
- General Ophthalmology - 3.5 weeks
- Cataract - 4 weeks
- Glaucoma - 5 weeks
- Medical Retina - 9 weeks
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS)
- 10 weeks
Orthodontics
12 weeks
Orthopaedics
- Hips and Knees - 36 weeks
- Foot and Ankle - 25 weeks
- Paediatric - 30 weeks
- Upper Limb Hand and Wrist - 32 weeks
- Upper Limb Shoulder and Elbow - 24 weeks
Orthotics
- 1 week
Paediatrics
- 23 weeks
Physiotherapy
- 4 weeks
Respiratory
- 20 weeks
Rheumatology
- 8 weeks
Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)
- 8 weeks
Urology
- General Urology - 21 weeks
- Functional - 42 weeks
- One Stop - 28 weeks
- Stone - 38 weeks