Cancer waiting times: patients starting treatment via and not via the urgent suspected cancer pathway, Wales, April 2005 to November 2020

Data values	Data description	Date
775	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2013
820	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2013
916	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2013
820	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2013
767	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2013
816	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2014
752	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2014
769	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2014
779	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2014
782	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2014
780	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2014
844	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2014
732	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2014
815	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2014
883	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2014
793	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2014
766	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2014
687	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2015
699	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2015
816	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2015
736	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2015
706	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2015
766	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2015
765	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2015
695	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2015
809	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2015
819	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2015
775	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2015
840	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2015
787	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2016
774	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2016
781	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2016
794	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2016
794	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2016
824	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2016
726	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2016
788	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2016
816	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2016
823	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2016
784	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2016
713	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2016
816	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2017
656	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2017
841	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2017
624	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2017
766	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2017
785	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2017
796	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2017
743	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2017
773	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2017
776	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2017
844	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2017
673	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2017
786	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2018
696	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2018
741	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2018
728	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2018
809	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2018
761	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2018
774	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2018
721	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2018
712	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2018
880	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2018
834	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2018
610	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2018
878	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2019
715	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2019
726	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2019
689	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2019
720	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2019
690	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2019
721	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2019
704	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2019
754	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2019
834	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2019
708	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2019
727	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	December 2019
752	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	January 2020
684	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	February 2020
846	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	March 2020
622	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	April 2020
468	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	May 2020
547	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	June 2020
554	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	July 2020
541	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	August 2020
641	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	September 2020
600	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	October 2020
577	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route within 31 days	November 2020
445	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	April 2005
461	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	May 2005
500	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	June 2005
502	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	July 2005
493	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	August 2005
487	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	September 2005
526	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	October 2005
581	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	November 2005
457	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	December 2005
621	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	January 2006
495	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	February 2006
635	Patients starting treatment not via the urgent suspected cancer route	March 2006

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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:

  All percentages have 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
  • NHS activity and performance summary: quality report
  • Suspected cancer pathway: quality report

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

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