AQW 6268/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting time for red flag referrals from GPs, for suspected ovarian cancer, to (i) first appointment with their consultant; and (ii) access diagnostic scans and tests, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust over the last six months.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 26 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 26 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 31 October 2016
- Answered
- 23 November 201628 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
(i) The table below details the average waiting times for red flag GP referrals, for those patients first treated for suspected ovarian cancer between January and June 2016. Information is provided by the HSC Trust where the patient was first seen by a Consultant.
| Average wait (days) | |
| Belfast | 11.3 |
| Northern | 12.7 |
| S. Eastern | 16.3 |
| Southern | 11.3 |
| Western | 10.4 |
Source: CaPPS
1 Includes only those referrals where patients were subsequently treated for cancer.
(ii) Information on waiting times for access to diagnostic scans and tests is not collected by the Department.