Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer pathway, October 2009 to November 2020

Data values	Data description	Date	local health board	tumour site
353	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Total
75	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Breast
92	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Urological
8	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Other
29	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
6	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Other
15	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
19	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Head and neck
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
62	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Breast
10	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
41	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Lung
56	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Skin
6	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Head and neck
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
12	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
72	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Breast
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
430	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Total
83	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Skin
1	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
78	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Breast
58	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Skin
3	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
10	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Head and neck
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
14	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
52	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Skin
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
21	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
11	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
2	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
2	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Other
10	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Head and neck
43	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Lung
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
333	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Total
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
4	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Other
2	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Other
34	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
1	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
76	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Breast
11	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Haematological
81	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Breast
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
357	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Total
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
16	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
45	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Lung
21	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
1	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
52	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Skin
15	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Head and neck
9	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Other
22	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
1	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
41	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Lung
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
108	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Urological
10	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Head and neck
13	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
18	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
3	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Haematological
91	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Urological
12	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010	Wales	Haematological
75	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Breast
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
309	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Total
21	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
340	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Total
13	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
44	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Skin
21	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
104	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Urological
6	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010	Wales	Haematological
11	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
40	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Lung
9	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Haematological
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
92	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Urological
16	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
49	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Lung
15	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Head and neck
0	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
369	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Total
16	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
116	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010	Wales	Urological
7	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Haematological
69	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Skin
12	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
42	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009	Wales	Lung
3	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
18	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010	Wales	Gynaecological

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Main information

• Most recent update: 26 September 2025
• Next update expected: This dataset is not expected to be updated or replaced in the future
• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: NHS Trusts and Local Health Boards
• Data source: No specific source from data provider

Data notes

• Rounding applied:

  percentages are rounded to one decimal place

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Historical information on cancer waiting times, reported by local health boards, for those patients newly diagnosed with cancer who have started definitive treatment during the month.

• Data collection or calculation:

  From February 2021, data is only published for the suspected cancer pathway. Targets for the urgent and not via the urgent pathway have ceased and no new data will be collected or published for these pathways. The patients shown here are those treated via the non urgent route. The national target for these patients is: at least 98 per cent of patients newly diagnosed with cancer, not via the urgent route will start definitive treatment within 31 days of diagnosis (regardless of the referral route). Care should be taken when interpreting percentages, especially when dealing with small numbers.

• Statistical quality:

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

• Related reports:
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report
  • Suspected cancer pathway: quality report

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

Metadata

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