Average wait for routine first Outpatient appointment

The table below details the average waiting time (in weeks) for a routine first outpatient appointment (80th percentile waits) at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, when referred to one of the specialties listed:

Speciality Average wait
Anaesthetics
14 weeks
Breast Services
6 weeks
Cancer services
7 weeks
Cardiology
24 weeks
Care of the Elderly Medicine
20 weeks
Dermatology
0 weeks
Diabetes and Endocrinology
21 weeks
Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
57 weeks
Gastroenterology
40 weeks
General Surgery
55 weeks
Gynaecology
54 weeks
Neurology
48 weeks
Obstetrics
9 weeks
Ophthalmology
46 weeks
Oral and Maxillofacial
26 weeks
Orthodontics
20 weeks
Palliative medicine
0 weeks
Respiratory medicine
37 weeks
Rheumatology
47 weeks
Stroke services
14 weeks
Trauma and Orthopaedics
14 weeks
Urology
62 weeks