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
39	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	60-69
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	40-49
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	80-89
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	50-59
33	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	80-89
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	30-39
47	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	Total
20	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	70-79
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	90+
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	40-49
47	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	70-79
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	50-59
7	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	90+
66	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	Total
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	40-49
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	40-49
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	50-59
8	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Female	60-69
20	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	60-69
65	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	Total
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	90+
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	30-39
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	50-59
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	90+
20	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	Total
127	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	60-69
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	30-39
11	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	80-89
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	Unknown
30	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	70-79
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	Under 30
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	60-69
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	80-89
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	80-89
112	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	Total
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	30-39
15	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	60-69
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	80-89
37	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	Total
14	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	70-79
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Under 30
10	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	50-59
6	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	Under 30
12	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	60-69
145	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Total	Total
50	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	70-79
57	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	Total
23	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	40-49
1	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	Under 30
12	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Male	60-69
206	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	70-79
60	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	90+
287	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	80-89
107	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	50-59
721	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	Total
1,381	patients starting treatment	February 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,585	patients starting treatment	October 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
18	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	30-39
1,446	patients starting treatment	August 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
36	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	90+
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	Under 30
1,380	patients starting treatment	October 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,692	patients starting treatment	March 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,491	patients starting treatment	July 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
149	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	80-89
176	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	60-69
44	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	40-49
303	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	60-69
90	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	50-59
1,240	patients starting treatment	April 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,383	patients starting treatment	November 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
21	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	70-79
1,374	patients starting treatment	June 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
235	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	70-79
11	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	50-59
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Total	40-49
925	patients starting treatment	May 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
7	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Female	70-79
24	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	90+
2	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Male	Unknown
197	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	50-59
41	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	30-39
1,410	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,172	patients starting treatment	June 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,429	patients starting treatment	December 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
23	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	30-39
1,447	patients starting treatment	September 2019	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
689	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	Total
67	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	40-49
1,366	patients starting treatment	September 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,239	patients starting treatment	July 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
21	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal	Total	80-89
3	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	40-49
7	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Head and neck	Male	50-59
138	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Female	80-89
4	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Unknown
441	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	70-79
1,186	patients starting treatment	August 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
1,485	patients starting treatment	January 2020	Wales	All sites	Total	Total
5	patients starting treatment	November 2020	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal	Male	50-59

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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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