Western Trust patients waiting up to 20 weeks for cancer checks

Figures show 'red flagged' Western Trust patients face long delays to see specialist consultants.

Some patients in the Western Health Trust are waiting up to 20 weeks after being red flagged to see a specialist consultant, figures obtained by BBC News NI show.

The longest hospital waiting time for people awaiting orthopaedic surgery in the Western health Trust is eight years. Dr O'Hagan said one of his patients, who has been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, has been told by the Western Trust that specialists are still seeing patients referred in 2019. Meanwhile, the latest quarterly waiting-list figures from the Department of Health show an increase of 1,578 since September.In addition 16,392 patients are waiting for their first consultant-led outpatient appointment for a day-case procedure for cataract treatment.Dr Nicola Duffy, who is also GP in Derry, has said they have to wait 400 weeks and eight years is common.

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