Northern Ireland
Outpatient waiting times for every HSC (Health and Social Care) Trust in Northern Ireland. NI runs its health service separately from England, Scotland and Wales — these figures come from the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and are measured against a different standard (no patient should wait more than 52 weeks), so they are shown on their own and never ranked against English, Scottish or Welsh hospitals.
Northern Ireland — national summary
Q2 2026 · all HSC trusts, all specialties combined.
Outpatient (first appointment)
Inpatient & day-case (treatment)
Diagnostic tests
Cancer waiting times (31-day)
Q1 2026· patients whose first cancer treatment began within 31 days of the decision to treat. NI's target is 98% within 31 days.
The 31-day standard measures the wait from decision-to-treat to first treatment — a later stage than NI's 62-day referral-to-treatment standard, which is not published per HSC Trust in these tables. Patient numbers are small at trust level, so read the counts alongside the percentage. Never ranked against the other UK nations.
Source: Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Cancer Waiting Times. Reported per HSC Trust. The 31-day standard is measured separately from NHS England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales cancer waits. About this data
HSC Trusts
Latest-quarter outpatient waiting times (NI standard: no patient over 52 weeks).
| HSC Trust | Patients waiting | Over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast HSC Trust | 137,226 | 52.6% |
| Northern HSC Trust | 86,068 | 51.9% |
| South Eastern HSC Trust | 91,006 | 54.0% |
| Southern HSC Trust | 89,185 | 54.6% |
| Western HSC Trust | 80,333 | 52.6% |
Source: Department of Health (Northern Ireland). See methodology.