Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment via and not via the urgent suspected cancer pathway, Wales, April 2005 to November 2020

Data values	Data description	Date
334	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2008
335	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2008
389	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2008
390	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2008
327	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2008
385	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2008
409	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2008
400	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2008
361	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2008
380	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2009
361	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2009
383	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2009
389	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2009
363	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2009
441	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2009
448	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2009
337	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2009
359	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2009
340	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2009
369	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2009
357	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2009
333	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2010
309	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2010
430	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2010
353	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2010
396	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2010
388	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2010
420	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2010
375	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2010
408	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2010
359	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2010
401	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2010
355	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2010
336	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2011
327	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2011
397	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2011
347	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2011
347	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2011
368	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2011
425	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2011
418	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2011
369	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2011
382	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2011
412	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2011
374	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2011
383	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2012
376	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2012
406	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2012
365	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2012
452	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2012
350	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2012
401	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2012
417	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2012
362	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2012
434	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2012
412	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2012
360	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2012
394	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2013
363	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2013
408	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2013
385	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2013
390	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2013
387	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2013
481	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2013
428	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2013
449	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2013
501	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2013
520	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2013
446	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2013
513	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2014
466	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2014
425	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2014
482	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2014
424	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2014
479	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2014
545	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2014
421	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2014
510	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2014
513	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2014
498	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2014
527	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2014
462	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2015
406	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2015
498	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2015
441	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2015
432	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2015
481	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2015
523	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2015
459	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	August 2015
518	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	September 2015
484	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	October 2015
484	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	November 2015
495	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	December 2015
492	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	January 2016
485	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	February 2016
486	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	March 2016
497	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	April 2016
534	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	May 2016
578	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	June 2016
526	Patients starting treatment via the urgent suspected cancer route within 62 days	July 2016

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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:

  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 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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