Average Referral Waiting Times – Outpatient

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Average Referral Waiting Times – Outpatient

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

The information below relates to all patients on an elective waiting list. Waiting time information is not applicable for patients on a cancer pathway.

Time scale is in weeks only for routine referrals

Specialty	Grimsby	Scunthorpe	Goole
Breast surgery	2	N/A	N/A
Cardiac Paediatrics	33	16	N/A
Cardiology	22	22	22
Colorectal	2	4	N/A
Community Paediatrics	19	43	N/A
Diabetic medicine	4	33	N/A
Endocrinology	36	36	N/A
Endocrinology – Paeds	5	13	N/A
ENT	33	25	N/A
Gastroenterology	32	30	N/A
General medicine	3	3	N/A
General surgery	2	12	N/A
Geriatric medicine	12	12	N/A
Gynaecology	44	38	24
Medical Oncology	8	8	N/A
Ophthalmology	14	30	11
Oral surgery	10	10	N/A
Orthopaedics	35	47	6
Orthoptics	3	6	1
Paediatric Epilepsy	15	0	N/A
Paediatrics	27	33	N/A
Paediatrics ADHD	N/A	61	N/A
Respiratory medicine	28	32	20
Rheumatology	16	19	N/A
Upper GI	14	10	N/A
Urology	6	6	4

List Updated 28 June 2024

Routine Appointments ONLY

Average Referral Waiting Time – Routine Diagnostics

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Time scale is in weeks only for routine referrals

Diagnostic Test	Grimsby	Scunthorpe	Goole
Audiology assessment – Adults	21	24	N/A
Audiology assessment – Paeds	17	17	20
Cardiology – Echocardiogram	6	5	N/A
Cardiology – Exercise Test	6	6	N/A
Cardiology – BP Monitoring	2	3	N/A
Cardiology – Event Recording	4	4	N/A
Fluroscopy Other – 2 week wait	1	1	N/A
Fluroscopy Other – urgent	2	2	N/A
Fluroscopy Other – routine	3	3	N/A
Fluroscopy – Barium – 2 week wait	1	1	N/A
Fluroscopy – Barium – urgent	1	2	N/A
Fluroscopy – Barium – routine	2	3	N/A
Radiology – Other – 2WW	1	1	N/A
Radiology – Other – urgent	2	1	N/A
Radiology – Other – routine	4	4	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Bone – 2WW	1	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Bone – – urgent	3	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Bone – – routine	10	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Myoview – urgent	3	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Myoview – routine	4	N/A	N/A
CT scan – 2WW	1	1	N/A
CT scan – urgent	6	6	N/A
CT scan – routine	7	7	N/A
CT Colon – 2WW	1	1	N/A
CT Colon – urgent	2	2	N/A
CT Colon – routine	3	3	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Other – 2WW	1	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Other – urgent	2	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine – Other – routine	2	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Bone Densitometry	3	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – EEG – urgent	2	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – EEG – routine	7	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Lung Function – 2 week wait	1	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Lung Function – urgent	2	1	N/A
Physical Measurements – Lung Function – routine	5	5	N/A
Physical Measurements – Nerve Conduction – 2 week wait	1	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Nerve Conduction – urgent	2	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Nerve Conduction – routine	3	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Urodynamics- 2 week wait	1	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Urodynamics – urgent	1	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – Urodynamics – routine	5	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – other – 2 week wait	1	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – other – urgent	4	N/A	N/A
Physical Measurements – other – routine	9	N/A	N/A
MRI – 2WW	1	1	N/A
MRI – URGENT	6	6	N/A
MRI – ROUTINE	7	7	N/A
Non-obstetric ultrasound – 2ww	1	1	2
Non-obstetric USS – URGENT	5	4	7
Non-obstetric USS – ROUTINE	6	6	9
Endoscopy – Colonoscopy	3	3	N/A
Endoscopy – Flexible Sigmoidoscopy	1	3	N/A
Endoscopy – Cystoscopy	6	6	2
Endoscopy – Gastroscopy	3	3	N/A
Colposcopy (routine)	47	20	14
Hysteroscopy (routine)	43	15	N/A

List Updated 28 June 2024

Average Referral Waiting Times – Outpatient

Average Referral Waiting Times – Outpatient

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Average Referral Waiting Time – Routine Diagnostics

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

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