NHS waiting lists: referral to treatment pathways waiting to start treatment, August 2024 onwards

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Data valuesData descriptionDatelocal health board providerspecialtystage of pathwayweeks waitingage group
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyWaiting for admitted diagnostic or therapeutic intervention onlyOver 49 weeks and up to 53 weeksOver 18 years of age
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyWaiting for admitted diagnostic or therapeutic intervention onlyOver 49 weeks and up to 53 weeksTotal
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyWaiting for admitted diagnostic or therapeutic intervention onlyTotalTotal
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyWaiting for admitted diagnostic or therapeutic intervention onlyTotalOver 18 years of age
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyAll Stages of PathwayOver 49 weeks and up to 53 weeksTotal
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyAll Stages of PathwayOver 49 weeks and up to 53 weeksOver 18 years of age
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyAll Stages of PathwayTotalTotal
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Accident and EmergencyAll Stages of PathwayTotalOver 18 years of age
120Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 0 weeks and up to 1 weekOver 18 years of age
31Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 0 weeks and up to 1 weekNot Known/Not Recorded
9Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 0 weeks and up to 1 weekLess than 18 years of age
160Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 0 weeks and up to 1 weekTotal
183Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 1 week and up to 2 weeksTotal
20Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 1 week and up to 2 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
4Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 1 week and up to 2 weeksLess than 18 years of age
159Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 1 week and up to 2 weeksOver 18 years of age
165Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeksOver 18 years of age
38Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
9Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeksLess than 18 years of age
212Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeksTotal
222Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeksTotal
166Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeksOver 18 years of age
4Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeksLess than 18 years of age
52Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
185Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeksOver 18 years of age
33Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
4Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeksLess than 18 years of age
222Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeksTotal
221Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeksTotal
12Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeksLess than 18 years of age
21Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
188Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeksOver 18 years of age
21Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
100Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeksOver 18 years of age
8Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeksLess than 18 years of age
129Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeksTotal
165Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeksTotal
119Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeksOver 18 years of age
21Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeksLess than 18 years of age
25Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
22Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
154Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeksOver 18 years of age
6Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeksLess than 18 years of age
182Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeksTotal
167Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeksTotal
124Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeksOver 18 years of age
6Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeksLess than 18 years of age
37Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
125Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeksOver 18 years of age
8Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeksLess than 18 years of age
33Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
166Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeksTotal
132Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeksTotal
27Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
1Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeksLess than 18 years of age
104Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeksOver 18 years of age
90Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeksOver 18 years of age
21Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
6Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeksLess than 18 years of age
117Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeksTotal
102Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeksTotal
5Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeksLess than 18 years of age
21Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
76Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeksOver 18 years of age
94Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeksOver 18 years of age
2Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeksLess than 18 years of age
15Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
111Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeksTotal
126Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeksTotal
14Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
7Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeksLess than 18 years of age
105Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeksOver 18 years of age
50Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeksOver 18 years of age
8Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeksLess than 18 years of age
17Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
75Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeksTotal
109Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeksTotal
3Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeksLess than 18 years of age
20Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
86Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeksOver 18 years of age
104Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeksOver 18 years of age
3Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeksLess than 18 years of age
10Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
117Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeksTotal
86Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeksTotal
19Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
9Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeksLess than 18 years of age
58Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeksOver 18 years of age
71Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeksOver 18 years of age
2Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeksLess than 18 years of age
12Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
85Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeksTotal
60Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeksTotal
2Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeksLess than 18 years of age
49Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeksOver 18 years of age
9Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
6Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeksNot Known/Not Recorded
54Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeksOver 18 years of age
2Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeksLess than 18 years of age
62Pathways waitingAug-2024All Wales LHB (Provider)Allied Health Profession ServicesWaiting for new OP appointmentOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeksTotal
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Main information

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Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
Data source
Referral to Treatment Times (RTT)

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

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

Data collection or calculation

The data presented draws on management information held by Local Health Boards relating to the management of patients who have been referred for hospital treatment. Guidance is provided to the NHS in Wales about how such patients should be managed and how to measure and report the relevant data. The data is reported monthly by Local Health Boards via the Digital Health and Care Wales Service (DHCW) switching service. The data collection has been in place since April 2007.

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

From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards. The health board names have 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

A referral to treatment pathway (RTT) 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.

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 main activity measure for referral to treatment time is 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’.

A patient pathway is closed if either the patient starts treatment, or if following consultation with a hospital specialist, 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

Patients with complex needs may have referrals for multiple types of treatments so may have many pathways opened and will appear in the dataset more than one time. This means that the same patient can have different pathways counted in the calculations for both targets.

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