Northern HSC Trust

Waiting times

Q2 2026· patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment, for inpatient or day-case admission, and for a diagnostic test. NI's standard is that no patient should wait more than 52 weeks.

Source: Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Outpatient, Inpatient & Day Case, and Diagnostic Waiting Times. Reported per HSC Trust. NI waiting times are measured separately from NHS England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. About this data

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