AQW 1232/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 09/06/2022
Answered On Date: 13/06/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the (i) current waiting time; and (ii) number of women waiting, for gynaecology appointments in each Health and Social Care Trust.

Answer:

Outpatient waiting times are published by my Department on a quarterly basis. These publications refer to the position at the end of a given quarter, detailing how many patients are waiting for a first consultant led outpatient appointment broken down by HSC Trust, Specialty and length of time waiting.

The most recent Quarterly National Statistics publication of Outpatient Waiting Times for the position at 31st March 2022 are available at the following link:

https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/northern-ireland-waiting-time-statistics-outpatient-waiting-times-march-2022.