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Know Your Wait

NHS Lothian

Paediatric Dentistry

New Outpatient

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 9 weeks (60 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 4 weeks (25 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

250 of 363 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

1 person had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Inpatient/Day case

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 13 weeks (89 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 25 weeks (176 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

250 of 515 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

6 people had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Hospital sites

This health board runs the following hospital sites:

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Midlothian)
  • St John's Hospital (West Lothian)
  • Western General Hospital (Midlothian)