Manx Care’s latest waiting‑time snapshot shows more than 17,500 patients on elective consultant‑led waiting lists as of the start of August.
Cardiology patients are currently facing a median wait of 45 weeks for a first outpatient appointment, while ENT and neurology both report median waits of 58 weeks and 56 weeks respectively.
Ophthalmology has the largest outpatient list, with 2,063 patients waiting and a median of 56 weeks. Oral surgery shows one of the longest waits at 72 weeks.
Clinical physiology records the highest median wait overall at 101 weeks, while paediatric neurology reports 123 weeks, though small patient numbers mean some paediatric categories are close to the reporting threshold.
Daycase treatment waits also remain high in several areas. Breast surgery shows a median of 80 weeks, ophthalmology 52 weeks, and trauma and orthopaedics 36 weeks.
In inpatient care, gynaecology has a median wait of 58 weeks, with trauma and orthopaedics at 23 weeks.
A Snapshot
Manx Care says the figures represent a snapshot of patients currently on waiting lists and will fluctuate as cases progress.
Median waits reflect the patient in the middle of each list and do not indicate how long any individual will wait, with clinical urgency determining how patients are prioritised.
RTT rules are not yet fully implemented, and cancer pathway waits are monitored separately, though patients on two‑week, 31‑day and 62‑day pathways are included within the RTT data.
Compared with July, overall list size has barely shifted, 17,710 down to 17,596, but several specialties saw movement.
Ophthalmology’s median wait rose from 45 to 56 weeks and oral surgery from 62 to 72, while dermatology and general medicine both saw small reductions, with dermatology easing from 22 to 23 weeks and general medicine from 9 to 8.
