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NHS waiting lists: closed referral to treatment pathways, September 2011 onwards

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Data description	Shown in table	closed pathways	Value cannot be changed
Date	Shown in table	All 174 values	Change values
Local health board provider	Shown in table	All 11 values	Change values
Specialty	Shown in table	All 52 values	Change values
Weeks waited	Shown in table	All 59 values	Change values

Table

Data values	Data description	Date	Local health board provider	Specialty	Weeks waited
20	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 0 weeks and up to 1 week
1	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 2 weeks and up to 3 weeks
78	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 3 weeks and up to 4 weeks
9	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 4 weeks and up to 5 weeks
8	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 5 weeks and up to 6 weeks
3	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 6 weeks and up to 7 weeks
5	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 7 weeks and up to 8 weeks
2	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 9 weeks and up to 10 weeks
5	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 10 weeks and up to 11 weeks
3	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 11 weeks and up to 12 weeks
2	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 13 weeks and up to 14 weeks
2	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 14 weeks and up to 15 weeks
2	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 15 weeks and up to 16 weeks
3	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 16 weeks and up to 17 weeks
1	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 17 weeks and up to 18 weeks
6	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 18 weeks and up to 19 weeks
9	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 19 weeks and up to 20 weeks
7	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 20 weeks and up to 21 weeks
4	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 21 weeks and up to 22 weeks
6	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 22 weeks and up to 23 weeks
4	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 23 weeks and up to 24 weeks
3	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 24 weeks and up to 25 weeks
2	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 25 weeks and up to 26 weeks
5	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 26 weeks and up to 27 weeks
3	closed pathways	Sep-2011	All Wales LHB (Provider)	Anaesthetics	Over 28 weeks and up to 29 weeks

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Metadata

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Next update expected:23 April 2026

Updates

• 23rd April 2026:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 19th March 2026:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 19th February 2026:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 22nd January 2026:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 13th January 2026:

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• 18th December 2025:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 4th December 2025:

  New month added and revisions applied to previous data where applicable

• 23rd October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: 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. Data cover the period of time from referral by a GP or other medical practitioner to hospital for treatment in the NHS in Wales. Waiting times include time spent waiting for any hospital appointments, tests, scans or other procedures that may be needed before being treated.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Data are drawn from Local Health Board administrative systems relating to the management of patients who have been referred for hospital treatment. Data are reported monthly by Local Health Boards via Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). The data collection has been in place since April 2007.

  A referral to treatment (RTT) pathway 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.

  In April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names 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:

  Data definitions and standards are mandated by the Welsh Information Standards Board (WISB).

  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 figures are based on 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’.

  Patient pathways are closed if either the patient starts treatment, or if it is determined 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.

  The number of patient pathways is not the same as the number of individual patients waiting. This is because some patients, for example those with complex needs, have multiple open pathways.

• Related reports:
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [Welsh]
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [Welsh]

Published by

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