AQW 45657/11-15


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 12/05/2015
Answered On Date: 27/11/2015
Priority Written: Yes


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the average waiting times in each Health and Social Care Trust area for a routine ultrasound.


Answer:
Information on the Number of patients waiting, in weeks, and the average waiting time, for a routine ultrasound, in each Health and Social Care Trusts, is shown in the table overleaf.
Number of patients waiting, in weeks, and the average waiting time, for a routine ultrasound, in each Health and Social Care Trusts
HSC Trust1
Number of patients waiting, in weeks, for a routine ultrasound
Average waiting time in weeks
0-3
>3-6
>6-9
>9-13
>13-21
>21-26
>26
Total Waiting
Belfast
1,571
1,149
772
734
392
7
19
4,646
6.2
Northern
1,331
1,055
537
195
94
23
2
3,237
4.7
South Eastern
1,348
603
247
71
0
0
0
2,269
9
Southern
1,243
1,218
1,072
1,008
568
8
0
5,117
7
Western
1,107
332
30
0
0
0
0
1,469
4
Source: HSC Trusts
Information from Trusts relates to those waiting during week commencing 26th October 2015.