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

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Data valuesData descriptionDatelocal health boardtumour site
49patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
18patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022Hywel DdaOther
49patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Aneurin BevanOther
369patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022WalesOther
3patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
22patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022PowysOther
34patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022PowysOther
19patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Hywel DdaOther
5patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
116patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Swansea BayOther
20patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022PowysOther
26patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Aneurin BevanOther
194patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
53patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
84patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Swansea BayOther
85patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Swansea BayOther
26patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Hywel DdaOther
23patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022PowysOther
5patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
229patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
27patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022PowysOther
186patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
438patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022WalesOther
77patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
80patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
34patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Hywel DdaOther
348patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022WalesOther
389patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022WalesOther
462patients newly suspected of cancerNovember 2022WalesOther
33patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
32patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Hywel DdaOther
20patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Hywel DdaOther
237patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
1patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
47patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Aneurin BevanOther
19patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Hywel DdaOther
56patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Swansea BayOther
86patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
165patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
23patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Aneurin BevanOther
89patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Swansea BayOther
226patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
479patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022WalesOther
90patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
15patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Aneurin BevanOther
33patients newly suspected of cancerSeptember 2022Hywel DdaOther
217patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
36patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022PowysOther
3patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
39patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
72patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Swansea BayOther
23patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022PowysOther
493patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022WalesOther
63patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Swansea BayOther
37patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Betsi CadwaladrOther
46patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
57patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
45patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Aneurin BevanOther
374patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021WalesOther
84patients newly suspected of cancerOctober 2022Swansea BayOther
30patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021PowysOther
67patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Swansea BayOther
61patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Swansea BayOther
39patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Aneurin BevanOther
22patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022PowysOther
54patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Aneurin BevanOther
153patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
23patients newly suspected of cancerJuly 2022Aneurin BevanOther
385patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022WalesOther
5patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
7patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Cardiff & ValeOther
152patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
26patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Hywel DdaOther
24patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022PowysOther
25patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Hywel DdaOther
23patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022PowysOther
175patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
478patients newly suspected of cancerAugust 2022WalesOther
55patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Swansea BayOther
35patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Hywel DdaOther
48patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022Aneurin BevanOther
21patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022PowysOther
2patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
52patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
189patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
460patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022WalesOther
31patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Aneurin BevanOther
198patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Cwm Taf MorgannwgOther
25patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Hywel DdaOther
60patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Aneurin BevanOther
348patients newly suspected of cancerFebruary 2022WalesOther
36patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Hywel DdaOther
2patients newly suspected of cancerJanuary 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
2patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
372patients newly suspected of cancerMarch 2022WalesOther
2patients newly suspected of cancerMay 2022Cardiff & ValeOther
18patients newly suspected of cancerApril 2022PowysOther
54patients newly suspected of cancerJune 2022Betsi CadwaladrOther
41patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2021Swansea BayOther
56patients newly suspected of cancerDecember 2022Aneurin BevanOther
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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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Welsh Government
Contact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

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