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

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Data valuesData descriptionDateLocal health board providerSpecialtyWeeks waited
20closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 0 weeks and up to 1 week
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeks
78closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeks
9closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeks
8closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeks
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeks
6closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeks
9closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeks
7closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeks
6closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 23 weeks and up to 24 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 24 weeks and up to 25 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 25 weeks and up to 26 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 26 weeks and up to 27 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 28 weeks and up to 29 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 29 weeks and up to 30 weeks
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsOver 36 weeks and up to 37 weeks
196closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)AnaestheticsTotal
20closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 0 weeks and up to 1 week
9closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 1 week and up to 2 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeks
13closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeks
9closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeks
6closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeks
17closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeks
11closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeks
7closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeks
10closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeks
18closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeks
14closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeks
16closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeks
8closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 23 weeks and up to 24 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 24 weeks and up to 25 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 25 weeks and up to 26 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 26 weeks and up to 27 weeks
2closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 27 weeks and up to 28 weeks
5closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 28 weeks and up to 29 weeks
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineOver 29 weeks and up to 30 weeks
205closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)Audiological MedicineTotal
352closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 0 weeks and up to 1 week
133closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 1 week and up to 2 weeks
153closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 2 weeks and up to 3 weeks
194closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 3 weeks and up to 4 weeks
211closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 4 weeks and up to 5 weeks
202closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 5 weeks and up to 6 weeks
169closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 6 weeks and up to 7 weeks
130closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 7 weeks and up to 8 weeks
140closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 8 weeks and up to 9 weeks
146closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 9 weeks and up to 10 weeks
134closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 10 weeks and up to 11 weeks
118closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 11 weeks and up to 12 weeks
121closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 12 weeks and up to 13 weeks
142closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 13 weeks and up to 14 weeks
127closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 14 weeks and up to 15 weeks
88closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 15 weeks and up to 16 weeks
74closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 16 weeks and up to 17 weeks
82closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 17 weeks and up to 18 weeks
59closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 18 weeks and up to 19 weeks
57closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 19 weeks and up to 20 weeks
58closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 20 weeks and up to 21 weeks
46closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 21 weeks and up to 22 weeks
40closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 22 weeks and up to 23 weeks
48closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 23 weeks and up to 24 weeks
47closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 24 weeks and up to 25 weeks
54closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 25 weeks and up to 26 weeks
52closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 26 weeks and up to 27 weeks
35closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 27 weeks and up to 28 weeks
35closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 28 weeks and up to 29 weeks
25closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 29 weeks and up to 30 weeks
31closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 30 weeks and up to 31 weeks
27closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 31 weeks and up to 32 weeks
22closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 32 weeks and up to 33 weeks
13closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 33 weeks and up to 34 weeks
16closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 34 weeks and up to 35 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 35 weeks and up to 36 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 36 weeks and up to 37 weeks
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 37 weeks and up to 38 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 38 weeks and up to 39 weeks
1closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 39 weeks and up to 40 weeks
3closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 40 weeks and up to 41 weeks
4closed pathwaysSep-2011All Wales LHB (Provider)CardiologyOver 41 weeks and up to 45 weeks
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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. RTT is the period of time from referral by a GP or other medical practitioner to hospital for treatment in the NHS in Wales. An RTT pathway covers the time waited from referral to hospital for treatment in the NHS in Wales and includes time spent waiting for any hospital appointments, tests, scans or other procedures that may be needed before being treated.

Data collection or calculation

The data presented draws on management information held by Local Health Boards relating to the management of patients who have been referred for hospital treatment. Guidance is provided to the NHS in Wales about how such patients should be managed and how to measure and report the relevant data. The data is reported monthly by Local Health Boards via the Digital Health and Care Wales Service (DHCW) switching service. The data collection has been in place since April 2007.

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

From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards. The health board names have 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

A referral to treatment pathway (RTT) 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.

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 main activity measure for referral to treatment time is 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’.

A patient pathway is closed if either the patient starts treatment, or if following consultation with a hospital specialist, 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

Patients with complex needs may have referrals for multiple types of treatments so may have many pathways opened and will appear in the dataset more than one time. This means that the same patient can have different pathways counted in the calculations for both targets.

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Welsh Government
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stats.healthinfo@gov.wales