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Emergency departments: performance against waiting times targets, October 2009 onwards

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Data description	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Date	Shown in table	All 198 values	Change values
Local health board	Shown in table	All 10 values	Change values
Hospital	Shown in table	All 63 values	Change values
Category	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Target	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values

Table

Data values	Data description	Date	Local health board	Hospital	Category	Target
96,503	Total attendances	March 2026	Wales	Wales	All Emergency Care Facilities	Total attendances
68,868	Total attendances	March 2026	Wales	All Wales Major emergency departments	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
27,635	Total attendances	March 2026	Wales	All Wales Other emergency departments/minor injury units	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
20,540	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board	All Emergency Care Facilities	Total attendances
15,073	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	All Betsi Cadwaladr Major emergency departments	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
5,476	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Wrexham Maelor Hospital	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
5,088	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Ysbyty Glan Clwyd	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
4,509	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Ysbyty Gwynedd	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
5,467	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	All Betsi Cadwaladr Other emergency departments/minor injury units	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
1,196	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Llandudno General Hospital	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
4,271	Total attendances	March 2026	Betsi Cadwaladr	Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB MIUs	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
15,842	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Hywel Dda University Health Board	All Emergency Care Facilities	Total attendances
11,416	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	All Hywel Dda Major emergency departments	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
2,751	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Bronglais General Hospital	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
4,946	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Glangwili General Hospital	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
3,719	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Withybush General Hospital	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
4,426	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	All Hywel Dda Other emergency departments/minor injury units	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
2,604	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Prince Philip Hospital	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
1,822	Total attendances	March 2026	Hywel Dda	Hywel Dda LHB MIUs	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
12,023	Total attendances	March 2026	Swansea Bay	Swansea Bay University LHB	All Emergency Care Facilities	Total attendances
7,148	Total attendances	March 2026	Swansea Bay	All Swansea Bay Major emergency departments	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
7,148	Total attendances	March 2026	Swansea Bay	Morriston Hospital	Major Emergency Departments	Total attendances
4,875	Total attendances	March 2026	Swansea Bay	All Swansea Bay Other emergency departments/minor injury units	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
4,875	Total attendances	March 2026	Swansea Bay	Neath Port Talbot Hospital	Other Emergency Departments/Minor Injury Units	Total attendances
12,146	Total attendances	March 2026	Cardiff and Vale	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	All Emergency Care Facilities	Total attendances

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Metadata

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Next update expected:21 May 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

• 18th 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: Emergency Department Data Set (EDDS)
• Time period covered: October 2009 to March 2026

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  A widened scope of emergency department performance statistics are now published on the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) website, as management. This includes measures on the time from patient arrival to triage, the time from patient arrival to contact with a clinical decision maker and analysis of the patient’s discharge destination when they leave the emergency department. These will be updated every month on the same day as this National Statistics publication.

  For the March 2017 data onwards, there will be a new approach to publishing the emergency departments waiting times data: Prior to August 2012 data, the monthly emergency departments waiting times data was published by Welsh Government as official statistics in a Statistical Release, with more detailed data on StatsWales.

  A target around the eradication of 12 hour or more waits in all emergency care facilities from April 2013 onwards was introduced in the NHS Wales Delivery Framework for 2013-14, therefore data on the 12 hour target is not available before this date.

  Until April 2012, data was submitted via SITREPS on a daily and weekly basis. The quality of the daily reported data was not robust enough for publication, therefore data was taken from the validated weekly reports to ensure greater reliability. As a result, the information presented is based on a four/five weekly cycle rather than calendar months. The number of weeks in any given cycle is based on how many Mondays fall between the end of the previous cycle and the end of the month. It is the week end date, always a Monday, which is used to determine the 'month' a particular weekly report belongs to. Months consisting of a 5 week reporting period have a note next to them.

  Data prior to January 2013 will not be directly comparable with data for January 2013 onwards due to a change in methodology. See notes in March 2013 release for more details (January 2013).

  For August 2012 to February 2017 data, the monthly data was published by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) on their website as management information. For March 2017 data onwards the monthly data is published on StatsWales with the DHCW publication being discontinued.

  Data for other emergency departments/minor injury units is only shown from April 2012 onwards as this information was not collected through SITREPS.

  For the January to July 2012 data, Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB was not able to fully implement the change for all months and Cardiff and Vale University LHB was only able to implement it for 26 to 31 January, but have fully implemented it from the February 2012 data. (Cardiff and Vale University informed us that they had to develop and test its systems and train users to ensure a robust collection around clinical exclusions to comply with the new EU compliance guidance. This was completed late in January.) Therefore the Wales figures for December 2011 to July 2012 are likely to be lower than expected.

  There are some technical changes to emergency department reporting, that have been implemented from December 2011 around clinical and operational exclusions. From December 2011, the guidance below now applies in Wales. So, the two situations below will no longer be counted as a breach of the targets: If a clinician decides that the safest place for a patient is the emergency department, the patient should remain there until it is safe to move them; and patients should not be admitted solely to avoid a breach of the targets. Clinicians should admit patients only to appropriate facilities and only when it is appropriate to do so.

  For the December 2011 data, Cardiff and Vale University and Betsi Cadwaladr University LHBs were not able to implement the change to the guidance around clinical exclusions.

• Data collection or calculation:

  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 (see weblinks). 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. A link to the statement from the minister for health and social service can be found in the weblinks section.

  Cardigan Integrated Care Centre took over Cardigan and District Memorial Hospital from mid-December 2019. For December 2019, data was reported against both sites for the duration of time that they were open during the month.

• Statistical quality:

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

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, several Minor Injury Units temporarily closed, but some have since reopened. These are Barry hospital (closed in March 2020; reopened in August 2020); Bryn Beryl (closed in May 2020; reopened in August 2020); Dolgellau and Barmouth District Hospital (closed in April 2020; remains closed); Tywyn & District War Memorial Hospital (closed in June 2020; remains closed); and Llandovery (closed in April 2020; remains closed).

  Note that data included in this statistical release covers a time period during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has affected both how some NHS services have been offered and people's choices regarding health services. See the latest release for more information.

• Related reports:
  • Time spent in NHS emergency departments [English]
  • Written Statement: Health Board boundary Bridgend: associated planning [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [English]
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [English]
  • Time spent in NHS emergency departments [Welsh]
  • Written Statement Health Board boundary Bridgend: associated planning [Welsh]
  • NHS activity and performance summary, statistical release [Welsh]
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report [Welsh]

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