Hospital Waiting Times

Please find below tables showing the current hospital waiting times for Greater Glasgow Health Care (GGHC) patients for adult and childrens services. This shows the number of weeks that 9 out of 10 patients waited to be seen in the 3 months May to July 2023. These are the wait times after you have been referred by your GP.

The attached workbook shows how long 9 out of 10 patients waited to be seen in the last 3 months.

Adult Services

  90th Percentile Wait (Weeks)
Specialty Overall Non Urgent
General Medicine 57.7 59.4
Cardiology 49.1 61.7
Infectious Diseases 5.4 5.4
Dermatology 65.5 73.7
Endocrinology 27.9 29.7
Gastroenterology 65.6 71.7
Respiratory Medicine 53.1 63.6
Rheumatology 33.1 40.7
Immunology 53.8 54.1
Geriatric Medicine 11.1 14.1
General Surgery 38.7 45.0
Vascular Surgery 21.7 22.9
Anaesthetics 16.2 16.3
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 55.4 71.3
Ophthalmology 59.3 81.9
Orthopaedics 63.3 64.6
Urology 38.0 49.9
Medical Oncology 3.9 4.0
Renal Medicine 20.6 20.7
Neurology 39.1 39.9
Palliative Medicine (BOC) 1.3 1.1
Rehabilitation Medicine 11.3 11.5
Spasticity 5.8 5.8
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 64.2 83.5
Neurosurgery 58.9 61.6
Plastic Surgery 8.4 12.4
Haematology 9.7 10.0
Medical Paediatrics 12.3 12.4
Gynaecology 77.3 82.6
Obstetrics 6.4 6.4
Diagnostic Radiology(Clinical) 4.6 4.7
Chemical Pathology 9.7 9.7
Oral Surgery 8.6 8.6
Orthodontics 12.5 12.5
GG&C Total 52.0 66.7

Childrens Services

  90th Percentile Wait (Weeks)
Specialty Overall Non Urgent
Cardiology 27.9 28.0
Infectious Diseases 6.8 7.5
Dermatology 30.0 30.8
Endocrinology 26.6 26.8
Gastroenterology 48.7 49.0
Medical Oncology 1.4  
Medical Paediatrics 12.9 12.9
Renal Medicine 10.0 10.0
Neurology 21.6 21.9
Respiratory Medicine 27.0 27.0
Rheumatology 4.7 5.0
Allergy 10.6 10.6
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 47.0 47.2
Anaesthetics 14.2 14.2
Cardiothoracic Surgery 4.5 4.5
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 49.9 50.0
Audiological Medicine 26.1 28.0
Neurosurgery 32.3 32.3
Ophthalmology 61.3 62.7
Orthopaedics 7.1 7.7
Plastic Surgery 25.9 35.9
Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate 7.7 7.7
Surgical Paediatrics 15.7 16.4
Urology 35.4 35.4
Haematology 12.9 17.0
Immunology 4.9 4.9
Paediatric Dentistry 29.8 30.3
GG&C Total 43.3 45.3

For up to date information please see :
https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/ggc-referral-management/waiting-time/