Historic cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment on cancer pathways by pathway type and performance measure, April 2005 to November 2020

Data values	Data description	Date
386	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2005
396	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2005
430	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2005
440	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2005
429	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2005
424	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2005
464	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2005
513	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2005
415	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2005
522	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2006
435	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2006
557	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2006
577	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2006
635	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2006
692	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2006
697	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2006
646	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2006
729	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2006
822	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2006
838	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2006
725	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2006
858	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2007
708	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2007
823	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2007
751	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2007
836	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2007
802	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2007
945	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2007
778	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2007
735	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2007
850	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2007
903	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2007
682	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2007
847	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2008
795	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2008
762	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2008
808	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2008
761	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2008
777	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2008
863	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2008
735	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2008
829	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2008
887	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2008
815	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2008
736	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2008
764	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2009
763	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2009
864	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2009
813	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2009
710	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2009
891	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2009
944	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2009
768	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2009
895	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2009
795	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2009
825	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2009
725	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2009
724	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2010
714	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2010
849	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2010
828	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2010
823	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2010
897	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2010
940	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2010
761	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2010
833	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2010
847	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2010
877	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2010
730	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2010
810	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2011
794	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2011
923	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2011
753	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2011
819	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2011
838	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2011
852	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2011
789	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2011
862	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2011
767	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2011
793	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2011
783	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2011
772	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2012
754	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2012
818	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2012
736	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2012
880	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2012
774	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2012
852	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2012
838	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2012
768	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2012
910	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2012
867	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2012
708	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2012
846	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2013
741	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2013
800	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2013
845	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2013
769	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2013
790	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2013
927	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2013

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Main information

• Most recent update: 23 October 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: Cancer waiting times data

Data notes

• Revisions:
  • 23 October 2025
  • 26 September 2025
• Rounding applied:

  All percentages have been 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 via and not via the urgent suspected cancer pathway route who started their first definitive treatment during the month.

  Those referred via Urgent Suspected Cancer route: This data includes patients referred from primary care (e.g. by a GP) to a hospital as urgent with suspected cancer, which was then confirmed as urgent by the consultant or a designated member of the multi disciplinary team (MDT). The historic standards stated that all patients newly diagnosed with cancer via the Urgent Suspected Cancer route should have started definitive treatment within 62 days of receipt of referral at the hospital.

  Those not referred via Urgent Suspected Cancer route: This data includes all other patients with cancer (regardless of their referral route), not included as an Urgent Suspected Cancer referral (e.g. via Accident and Emergency or through an investigation for a different condition). Patients newly diagnosed with cancer not via the Urgent Suspected Cancer route should start definitive treatment within 31 days of diagnosis.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Cancer data related to the urgent and non-urgent pathways and was collected by Welsh Government through aggregated data collection forms. Data collection via this method ceased for closed pathways after the urgent and non-urgent pathways were retired in November 2020.

  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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