Please find a link below to current waiting times at Ipswich hospital.
Current Waiting Times
West Suffolk Hospital
First appointment waiting times
Figures shown below are for routine appointments unless stated otherwise.
| | |
Specialty | Sub-specialty | Actual booking time (weeks) |
Breast | --- | 2 |
Cardiology | --- | 10 |
Colorectal | --- | 7 |
Dermatology | Routine | 10 |
| Paediatric | 10 |
| Dermatology nurse | 10 |
Diabetes / endocrinology | --- | 12 |
Dietetics | --- | 14+ |
Elderly medicine | --- | 12 |
ENT | Routine referrals with audiology | 4-6 |
| Routine referrals without audiology | 4-6 |
| Routine referrals with ENT nurse | 4 |
| Audiology/hearing aid new | 5 |
Gastroenterology | --- | 12 |
Hepatology | --- | 10 |
General surgery | Upper GI | 4-5 |
| Hernia / lumps | 1-2 |
Gynaecology | Vulval | 9 |
| Uro-gynae | 5 |
| Gen gynae | 10 |
| Menstrual | 4 |
Lipid | --- | 9 |
Nephrology | --- | 4-5 |
Neurology | --- | 11 |
Ophthalmology | General | 5 |
| Ocularmotility | 6 |
| Oculoplastics | 13 |
| Corneal | 4 |
| Paediatrics | 9 |
| Glaucoma | 3 |
| Minor ops | 8 |
| Retinal | 12 |
| Medical retinal | 7 |
Orthopaedics | Hand and wrist | 13 |
| Shoulder | 11 |
| Knee | 8 |
| Foot and ankle | 6 |
| Hip | 8 |
| Paediatrics | 8 |
Paediatrics | Diabetes/endocrinology | 8 |
| Allergy | 6-8 |
| Rheumatology | 6-8 |
| Neurology | 8 |
| Respiratory | 8-10 |
| Cardiology | 12 |
| Urology | 12+ |
| General | 8 |
Pain | --- | 4 |
Plastic surgery | --- | 5-6 |
Repiratory | --- | 9 |
Rheumatology | General | 9 |
| Early arthritis | 3 |
| Severe arthritis | 3-4 |
Urology | --- | 10 |
Vascular | --- | 12 |