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
52patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale60-69
6patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalFemale80-89
5patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherMaleTotal
30patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale50-59
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemale70-79
5patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalFemale70-79
8patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMale70-79
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal90+
113patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal60-69
14patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale40-49
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMale50-59
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemale60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotal90+
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalFemale60-69
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotal50-59
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMale60-69
5patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemale80-89
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal80-89
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherFemale70-79
50patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal50-59
20patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale50-59
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale30-39
5patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotal60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMale40-49
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMale80-89
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemale50-59
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotal50-59
8patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotal80-89
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalMale60-69
15patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalFemaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesChildren'sMaleUnder 30
30patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotalTotal
7patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotal80-89
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMale50-59
17patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemaleTotal
9patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemale70-79
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal30-39
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal70-79
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherMale60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherFemale50-59
487patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotalTotal
19patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal40-49
23patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal90+
5patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale40-49
56patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale80-89
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemaleUnder 30
14patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale90+
4patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotal50-59
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotal80-89
8patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMaleTotal
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMale60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckMale70-79
8patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemale40-49
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckFemale80-89
31patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotalTotal
6patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotal60-69
15patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalTotal70-79
16patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalMaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalMale50-59
10patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalMale70-79
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalMale80-89
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesChildren'sTotalUnder 30
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesChildren'sMaleTotal
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesChildren'sFemaleTotal
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesChildren'sFemaleUnder 30
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotal60-69
17patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotal70-79
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownTotal90+
13patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMaleTotal
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMale80-89
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownMale90+
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemale50-59
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemale60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesUnknownFemale90+
11patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotalTotal
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal50-59
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherTotal60-69
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherMale30-39
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherMale50-59
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherMale70-79
6patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherFemaleTotal
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherFemale80-89
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025WalesOtherFemale90+
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotalUnder 30
3patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal30-39
180patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal70-79
98patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesTotal80-89
263patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMaleTotal
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale30-39
61patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale60-69
111patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale70-79
9patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesMale90+
224patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemaleTotal
69patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale70-79
42patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sitesFemale80-89
16patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotalTotal
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotal40-49
2patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrHead and neckTotal70-79
1patients starting treatmentJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrUpper GastrointestinalFemale90+
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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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stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

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