Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer pathway, October 2009 to November 2020

Data values	Data description	Date	local health board	tumour site
828	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Total
148	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Breast
116	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Urological
30	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Other
134	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
12	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
16	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Other
54	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
29	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Head and neck
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
101	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Breast
67	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
113	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Lung
66	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Skin
26	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Head and neck
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
69	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
91	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Breast
4	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Children's cancer
849	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Total
86	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Skin
8	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
112	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Breast
65	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Skin
2	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
19	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Head and neck
0	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
70	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
70	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Skin
0	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
44	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
55	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
5	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
22	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Other
21	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Head and neck
87	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Lung
0	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
724	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Total
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
19	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Other
19	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Other
143	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
5	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
135	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Breast
43	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Haematological
133	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Breast
0	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
8	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
725	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Total
9	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
74	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
83	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Lung
121	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
1	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
1	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
93	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Skin
18	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Head and neck
18	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Other
118	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
99	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Lung
2	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
128	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Urological
27	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Head and neck
55	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
134	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
36	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Haematological
134	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Urological
39	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	January 2010	Wales	Haematological
125	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Breast
1	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	December 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
714	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Total
137	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
795	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Total
130	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Lower Gastrointestinal
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Sarcoma
79	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Skin
48	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Gynaecological
128	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Urological
38	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	February 2010	Wales	Haematological
82	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
94	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Lung
58	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Haematological
4	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Children's cancer
4	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Acute Leukaemia
139	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Urological
80	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
94	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Lung
22	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Head and neck
6	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Brain/Central Nervous System
825	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Total
52	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Gynaecological
135	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	March 2010	Wales	Urological
29	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Haematological
86	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Skin
73	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Upper Gastrointestinal
89	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	November 2009	Wales	Lung
3	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	October 2009	Wales	Sarcoma
53	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent cancer pathway within 31 days	April 2010	Wales	Gynaecological

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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:

  The 'percentage starting treatment within 62 days' has 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

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

Metadata

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