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

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Data valuesData descriptionDatelocal health boardtumour sitesexage group
46patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastTotal50-59
44patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastTotal60-69
48patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastTotal70-79
25patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastTotal80-89
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastTotal90+
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastMaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastMale50-59
197patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemaleTotal
5patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale30-39
27patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale40-49
45patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale50-59
44patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale60-69
48patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale70-79
25patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale80-89
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesBreastFemale90+
82patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotalTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotalUnder 30
9patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal30-39
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal40-49
21patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal50-59
8patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal60-69
18patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal70-79
18patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal80-89
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotal90+
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalTotalUnknown
82patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemaleUnder 30
9patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale30-39
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale40-49
21patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale50-59
8patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale60-69
18patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale70-79
18patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale80-89
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemale90+
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesGynaecologicalFemaleUnknown
280patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotalTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotalUnder 30
9patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal30-39
7patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal40-49
42patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal50-59
83patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal60-69
88patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal70-79
44patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal80-89
5patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotal90+
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalTotalUnknown
244patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMaleUnder 30
9patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale30-39
4patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale40-49
35patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale50-59
72patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale60-69
82patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale70-79
38patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale80-89
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMale90+
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalMaleUnknown
36patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemaleTotal
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale40-49
7patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale50-59
11patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale60-69
6patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale70-79
6patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale80-89
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesUrologicalFemale90+
84patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)TotalTotal
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)TotalUnder 30
4patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total30-39
4patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total40-49
13patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total50-59
19patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total60-69
25patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total70-79
16patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Total80-89
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)TotalUnknown
49patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)MaleTotal
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male30-39
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male40-49
10patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male50-59
11patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male60-69
13patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male70-79
9patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Male80-89
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)MaleUnknown
35patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)FemaleTotal
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)FemaleUnder 30
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female30-39
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female40-49
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female50-59
8patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female60-69
12patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female70-79
7patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesHaematological (excluding acute leukaemia)Female80-89
8patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotalTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotal30-39
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotal50-59
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotal60-69
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotal70-79
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaTotal80-89
6patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaMaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaMale30-39
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaMale50-59
3patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaMale60-69
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaMale80-89
2patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaFemaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentNovember 2020WalesAcute leukaemiaFemale70-79
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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.

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