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

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4,736Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2010
5,010Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2013
3,616Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2007
3,813Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2010
4,368Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2012
5,131Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2013
2,401Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2006
3,001Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2007
3,676Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2009
3,878Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2010
4,783Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2011
4,558Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2012
5,103Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2012
5,169Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2013
2,118Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2005
2,664Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2006
2,640Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2007
3,223Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2007
3,679Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2008
3,213Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2008
3,306Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2009
4,217Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2010
3,457Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2011
4,103Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2011
4,340Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2011
3,811Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2011
5,126Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2012
5,367Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2012
4,013Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2012
4,733Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2013
2,385Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2005
2,201Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2005
1,844Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2006
2,130Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2006
2,496Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2006
2,197Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2006
2,585Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2007
3,323Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2007
3,412Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2008
4,031Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2008
3,140Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2008
3,602Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2008
3,966Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2009
4,159Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2009
3,762Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2009
3,911Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2010
4,168Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2010
2,895Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2010
4,162Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2011
3,704Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2011
4,023Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2011
4,441Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2011
4,460Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2011
4,276Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2011
4,661Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2012
4,333Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2012
4,540Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2012
5,335Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2012
5,849Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2012
5,304Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2012
5,328Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2013
4,965Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2013
1,813Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistApril 2005
2,141Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2005
2,201Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2005
2,238Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2005
2,071Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2005
1,792Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2005
2,033Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2006
2,437Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2006
2,599Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2006
2,500Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2006
2,749Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2006
2,824Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2006
2,550Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2007
2,879Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2007
3,044Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2007
3,053Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2007
3,352Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2007
2,569Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2007
3,584Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2008
3,047Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2008
3,490Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2008
3,339Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2008
3,960Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2008
4,119Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2008
3,486Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2009
4,250Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMarch 2009
3,515Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistMay 2009
4,000Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJune 2009
3,620Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistSeptember 2009
4,103Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2009
3,281Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistDecember 2009
3,537Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJanuary 2010
4,225Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2010
3,847Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistAugust 2010
3,723Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistOctober 2010
3,928Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistNovember 2010
3,786Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistFebruary 2011
6,279Total number of urgent suspected cancer referrals received and confirmed urgent by the specialistJuly 2013
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Main information

Most recent update
26 September 2025
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This dataset is not expected to be updated or replaced in the future
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Accredited official statistics
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NHS Trusts and Local Health Boards
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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.

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