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NHS waiting lists: pathways waiting 26 weeks, 36 weeks, one year and two years, September 2011 onwards

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Date	Shown in table	All 177 values	Change values
local health board provider	Shown in table	All 11 values	Change values
specialty	Shown in table	All 52 values	Change values
stage of pathway	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values
age group	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values

Table

Data values	Data description	Date	local health board provider	specialty	stage of pathway	age group
4,214	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for new OP appointment	Total
4,214	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for new OP appointment	Not Known/Not Recorded
4,214	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for new OP appointment	Not Known/Not Recorded
4,214	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for new OP appointment	Total
25,236	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Not Known/Not Recorded
25,236	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Total
25,237	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Not Known/Not Recorded
25,237	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Total
29,450	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	All Stages of Pathway	Total
29,450	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	All Stages of Pathway	Not Known/Not Recorded
29,451	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	All Stages of Pathway	Not Known/Not Recorded
29,451	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Allied Health Profession Services	All Stages of Pathway	Total
297	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for new OP appointment	Not Known/Not Recorded
297	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for new OP appointment	Total
301	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for new OP appointment	Not Known/Not Recorded
301	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for new OP appointment	Total
3	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Total
3	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Not Known/Not Recorded
3	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Total
3	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for diagnostic or AHP test, intervention or result	Not Known/Not Recorded
117	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for follow-up OP appointment or decision (after OP appointment/diagnostic/AHP intervention result) or waiting & stage unknown	Not Known/Not Recorded
117	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for follow-up OP appointment or decision (after OP appointment/diagnostic/AHP intervention result) or waiting & stage unknown	Total
119	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for follow-up OP appointment or decision (after OP appointment/diagnostic/AHP intervention result) or waiting & stage unknown	Not Known/Not Recorded
119	Total pathways waiting	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for follow-up OP appointment or decision (after OP appointment/diagnostic/AHP intervention result) or waiting & stage unknown	Total
181	Pathways waiting less than 26 weeks	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Waiting for admitted diagnostic or therapeutic intervention only	Total

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Next update expected:20 August 2026

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• 23rd October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
• Data source: Referral to Treatment Times (RTT)
• Dataset ID: 3ef3a1d8-1467-4afe-ad60-4fc3d92228a1

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Information on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times, reported by Local Health Boards. Data cover the period of time from referral by a GP or other medical practitioner to hospital for treatment in the NHS in Wales. Waiting times include time spent waiting for any hospital appointments, tests, scans or other procedures that may be needed before being treated.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Data are drawn from Local Health Board administrative systems relating to the management of patients who have been referred for hospital treatment. Data are reported monthly by Local Health Boards via Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). The data collection has been in place since April 2007.

  A referral to treatment (RTT) pathway covers the time waiting from referral to hospital for treatment and includes time spent waiting for any hospital appointments, tests, scans or other procedures that may be needed before being treated. Waiting times are based on completed weeks waiting. For example, pathways are only reported in the “more than 52 weeks” category if they have waited 53 full weeks or longer.

  In April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names changed, with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board.

• Statistical quality:

  Data definitions and standards are mandated by the Welsh Information Standards Board (WISB).

  A patient pathway opens, and a waiting time begins, at the point a hospital receives a referral. Referrals are most commonly submitted by GPs but may also come from other health care professionals. The figures are based on a count of the number of patient pathways which are open at the end of each month. This can be thought of as ‘the waiting list’.

  Patient pathways are closed if either the patient starts treatment, or if it is determined no hospital treatment is necessary. This could include: patient admitted to hospital for an operation or treatment; starting treatment that does not need a stay in hospital (for example, medication or physiotherapy); beginning the fitting of a medical device such as leg braces; starting an agreed period of time to monitor the patient’s condition to assess the need for further treatment.

  The number of patient pathways is not the same as the number of individual patients waiting. This is because some patients, for example those with complex needs, have multiple open pathways.

• Related reports:
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [Welsh]
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [Welsh]

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