AQW 1232/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

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.

Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 9 June 2022

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Tabled
9 June 2022
Answer due by
24 June 2022
Answered
13 June 20224 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

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.

Official sources