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Gastro-Intestinal Surgery waiting lists
The national gastro-intestinal surgery backlog: how many are waiting, for how long, and which way it is going.
1,537 people are waiting for gastro-intestinal surgery (outpatient (first appointment)), 0.2% of the national list. That is +67.2% on a year ago.
34th of 54 by list size32nd of 54 by share waiting over a year2nd of 36 by growth in the past year
Outpatient (first appointment)
1,537
8.1% over 12 months · +67.2% yoy
Inpatient & day case
1,221
41.7% over 12 months · +33.3% yoy
Questions, answered
Is this the longest the list has been?
No: peak was 1,654
Tracked since Jan 2018. Peak in Aug 2026.
See the trend →What are the odds of waiting over a year?
8.1%
of gastro-intestinal surgery patients have waited more than 12 months, against 18.0% across all specialties.
See the trend →Total waiting, Ireland
Outpatient (first appointment)Inpatient & day case
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Source: NTPF open data (CC BY 4.0).