Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment and patients informed they do not have cancer, June 2019 onwards

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Data valuesData descriptionDatelocal health boardtumour sitesexage group
11patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherMale80-89
2patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherMale90+
62patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemaleTotal
6patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemaleUnder 30
2patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale30-39
6patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale40-49
6patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale50-59
8patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale60-69
22patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale70-79
9patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale80-89
3patients informed they do not have cancerJuly 2025Swansea BayOtherFemale90+
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Main information

Most recent update
26 September 2025
Next update expected
23 October 2025
Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
Data source
Suspected Cancer Pathway (SCP)

Data notes

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

Under the suspected cancer pathway, a pathway starts at the point of suspicion (for example when a GP makes a referral) and this is when the recorded waiting time starts. A pathway is closed, and their waiting time ends, when the patient starts their first definitive treatment, is downgraded (told they do not have cancer), chooses not to have treatment or if the patient dies. This data measures activity through the number of pathways opened following a suspicion of cancer. Note that a patient may be on more than one pathway.

Data collection or calculation

Open pathway data collected through the NDR method is broadly similar to the previous aggregate data collection, however direct comparisons should not be made between the two sources because the previous method is known to contain many duplicate pathways. This means that the number of pathways opened in months prior to December 2021 should not be directly compared to data from December 2021 onwards.

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Statistical quality

Suspected cancer pathway data is measured by patient pathways rather than unique patients. This is because a single patient can have multiple cancer pathways opened if cancer is suspected in more than one tumour site. When quality assuring open pathway data for October, November and December 2021, it was estimated that the number of pathways opened is approximately 2-3% higher than the number of unique patients who were suspected of having cancer. Open pathway data collected through the NDR method is broadly similar to the previous aggregate data collection, however direct comparisons should not be made between the two sources because the previous method is known to contain many duplicate pathways. This means that the number of pathways opened in months prior to December 2021 should not be directly compared to data from December 2021 onwards.

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stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

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