Cancer waiting times: newly opened suspected cancer pathways, December 2021 onwards

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Data valuesData descriptionDatelocal health boardtumour site
19,205patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2025WalesAll sites
18,003patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2024WalesAll sites
17,965patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2025WalesAll sites
17,819patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2023WalesAll sites
17,701patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2024WalesAll sites
17,554patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2024WalesAll sites
17,266patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2025WalesAll sites
17,265patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2025WalesAll sites
17,116patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2024WalesAll sites
17,102patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2025WalesAll sites
17,041patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2023WalesAll sites
16,950patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2023WalesAll sites
16,817patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2024WalesAll sites
16,748patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2023WalesAll sites
16,548patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022WalesAll sites
16,495patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2025WalesAll sites
16,443patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2023WalesAll sites
16,418patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2023WalesAll sites
16,415patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2023WalesAll sites
16,380patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2024WalesAll sites
16,296patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2023WalesAll sites
16,220patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2025WalesAll sites
16,182patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2024WalesAll sites
16,102patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2023WalesAll sites
16,007patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2024WalesAll sites
15,992patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2024WalesAll sites
15,914patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022WalesAll sites
15,835patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022WalesAll sites
15,590patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022WalesAll sites
15,566patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022WalesAll sites
15,553patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2024WalesAll sites
15,535patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2024WalesAll sites
15,418patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022WalesAll sites
15,161patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022WalesAll sites
15,015patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2023WalesAll sites
14,304patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022WalesAll sites
13,916patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2023WalesAll sites
13,901patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2024WalesAll sites
13,695patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022WalesAll sites
13,676patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022WalesAll sites
13,159patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2023WalesAll sites
13,055patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022WalesAll sites
11,932patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021WalesAll sites
11,702patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022WalesAll sites
5,071patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,843patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,792patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,754patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,678patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,663patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,654patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,619patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,609patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,598patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,543patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,526patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,513patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,503patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,493patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,454patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,447patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,426patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,404patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,396patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,377patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,367patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,348patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,323patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,291patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,266patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,265patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,252patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,241patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,238patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,214patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,214patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,142patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2025Aneurin BevanAll sites
4,113patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,102patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2025WalesSkin
4,098patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
4,092patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2025Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,993patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,968patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2025Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,918patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2024Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,908patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2025Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,886patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2024Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,851patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2023Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,832patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2023Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,790patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2025WalesSkin
3,775patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2023Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,769patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2024Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,761patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,741patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2024Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,720patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2024Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,719patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2025Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,696patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
3,686patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2023Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,626patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2025Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,623patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2024Aneurin BevanAll sites
3,611patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Betsi CadwaladrAll sites
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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.

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

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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