Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment and patients informed they do not have cancer, June 2019 onwards

Data values	Data description	Date	local health board	tumour site	sex	age group
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	40-49
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	50-59
18	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	60-69
20	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	70-79
15	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	80-89
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	90+
79	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	Total
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	30-39
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	40-49
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	50-59
21	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	60-69
27	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	70-79
18	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	80-89
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Female	90+
136	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	30-39
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	40-49
9	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	50-59
29	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	60-69
54	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	70-79
32	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	80-89
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Total	90+
66	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	30-39
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	40-49
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	50-59
19	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	60-69
23	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	70-79
16	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	80-89
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Male	90+
70	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	Total
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	40-49
7	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	50-59
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	60-69
31	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	70-79
16	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	80-89
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lung	Female	90+
17	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	40-49
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	50-59
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	60-69
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	70-79
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Total	80-89
11	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Male	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Male	50-59
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Male	60-69
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Male	70-79
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Male	80-89
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Female	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Female	40-49
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Female	50-59
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Female	60-69
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Sarcoma	Female	70-79
249	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	Total
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	Under 30
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	30-39
7	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	40-49
24	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	50-59
31	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	60-69
73	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	70-79
79	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	80-89
26	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Total	90+
148	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	Under 30
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	30-39
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	40-49
16	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	50-59
20	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	60-69
46	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	70-79
49	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	80-89
11	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Male	90+
101	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	Total
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	Under 30
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	30-39
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	40-49
8	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	50-59
11	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	60-69
27	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	70-79
30	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	80-89
15	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Skin	Female	90+
16	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	Under 30
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	30-39
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	50-59
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	60-69
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	70-79
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Total	80-89
13	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	Under 30
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	50-59
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	60-69
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	70-79
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Male	80-89
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Female	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Female	30-39
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Female	60-69
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System	Female	80-89
198	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Breast	Total	Total
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Breast	Total	30-39
27	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Breast	Total	40-49

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Main information

• Most recent update: 26 September 2025
• Next update expected: 23 October 2025
• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
• Data source: Suspected Cancer Pathway (SCP)

Data notes

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Under the suspected cancer pathway, a pathway starts at the point of suspicion (for example when a GP makes a referral) and this is when the recorded waiting time starts. A pathway is closed, and their waiting time ends, when the patient starts their first definitive treatment, is downgraded (told they do not have cancer), chooses not to have treatment or if the patient dies. This data measures activity through the number of pathways opened following a suspicion of cancer. Note that a patient may be on more than one pathway.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Open pathway data collected through the NDR method is broadly similar to the previous aggregate data collection, however direct comparisons should not be made between the two sources because the previous method is known to contain many duplicate pathways. This means that the number of pathways opened in months prior to December 2021 should not be directly compared to data from December 2021 onwards.

  Please find this information in the related statistical release, as per the given weblink.

• Statistical quality:

  Suspected cancer pathway data is measured by patient pathways rather than unique patients. This is because a single patient can have multiple cancer pathways opened if cancer is suspected in more than one tumour site. When quality assuring open pathway data for October, November and December 2021, it was estimated that the number of pathways opened is approximately 2-3% higher than the number of unique patients who were suspected of having cancer. Open pathway data collected through the NDR method is broadly similar to the previous aggregate data collection, however direct comparisons should not be made between the two sources because the previous method is known to contain many duplicate pathways. This means that the number of pathways opened in months prior to December 2021 should not be directly compared to data from December 2021 onwards.

• Related reports:
  • Suspected cancer pathway: quality report
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report

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• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Metadata

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