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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Patient pathways waiting to start treatment by month, grouped weeks and treatment function, January 2018 onwards

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. Data covers January 2021 onwards, further data from September 2011 onwards is available in HLTH0086.

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[Collapse]LHB Provider October 2015 figures for the specialities Allied Health Professionals and Diagnostic Services for the Cwm Taf University LHB could not be accurately provided. Therefore, figures for September 2015 have been used as estimates. April 2017 figures for the specialities Allied Health Professionals and Diagnostic Services for the Cwm Taf University LHB could not be accurately provided. Therefore, figures for March 2017 have been used as estimates. Prior to February 2017, rheumatology data for Betsi Cadwaladr has been over reported due to the fact that they erroneously included DEXA scans in the data they submitted, which are not reportable under RTT. From February 2017 onwards the data submitted by the health board is correct.<br /> <br /> <br /> [Filtered]
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Jan-2018360,18637,57622,955420,717
Feb-2018366,20534,25119,031419,487
Mar-2018369,30339,92412,119421,346
Apr-2018378,05139,02414,797431,872
May-2018381,47539,65915,344436,478
Jun-2018388,63137,13612,594438,361
Jul-2018394,59735,07713,818443,492
Aug-2018393,29840,13915,622449,059
Sep-2018387,30842,80813,673443,789
Oct-2018387,49239,85214,101441,445
Nov-2018382,74839,57713,510435,835
Dec-2018380,22344,31712,982437,522
Jan-2019378,71739,18514,140432,042
Feb-2019387,41636,59413,272437,282
Mar-2019393,59239,3058,985441,882
Apr-2019393,70942,74011,043447,492
May-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.396,17246,53412,398455,104
Jun-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.399,70944,89713,260457,866
Jul-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.403,37443,17915,544462,097
Aug-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.401,56848,11519,228468,911
Sep-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.397,26652,26518,894468,425
Oct-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.397,59749,88421,270468,751
Nov-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.393,48448,16723,038464,689
Dec-2019Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.387,44050,81525,719463,974
Jan-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.386,63749,73927,493463,869
Feb-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.390,63046,93625,836463,402
Mar-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.375,13054,50928,515458,154
Apr-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.328,63569,44844,822442,905
May-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.305,72982,65465,564453,947
Jun-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.289,31382,85390,495462,661
Jul-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.269,66490,860120,341480,865
Aug-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.240,896109,935149,484500,315
Sep-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.232,400117,041169,542518,983
Oct-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.254,81165,516205,730526,057
Nov-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.272,75125,898231,722530,371
Dec-2020Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.282,35030,760226,820539,930
Jan-2021Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.280,11740,257222,528542,902
Feb-2021Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.283,70648,515218,346550,567
Mar-2021Data revised on 18/08/2022 to include closed pathway data for Cwm Taf. Other small revisions were made for open pathway data for this month. See the latest release for more information.298,70353,818217,082569,603
Apr-2021316,85957,375223,057597,291
May-2021320,55559,348228,419608,322
Jun-2021337,66254,658233,890626,210
Jul-2021354,23550,347239,881644,463
Aug-2021363,62450,933244,337658,894
Sep-2021367,74761,771241,099670,617
Oct-2021372,55666,125242,849681,530
Nov-2021374,18767,595242,401684,183
Dec-2021366,69673,454245,082685,232
Jan-2022364,73673,208250,892688,836
Feb-2022369,51070,728251,647691,885
Mar-2022380,28967,952253,170701,411
Apr-2022379,63869,271258,189707,098
May-2022388,95272,336260,859722,147
Jun-2022400,96167,499263,781732,241
Jul-2022410,39264,225268,612743,229
Aug-2022411,48967,629271,165750,283
Sep-2022413,77377,184263,720754,677
Oct-2022418,96074,345259,988753,293
Nov-2022418,82476,668252,779748,271
Dec-2022406,23080,798248,108735,136
Jan-2023409,06880,420244,628734,116
Feb-2023415,68978,397237,016731,102
Mar-2023429,67677,078227,967734,721
Apr-2023429,62681,121232,313743,060
May-2023432,64485,792229,724748,160
Jun-2023447,09777,689229,255754,041
Jul-2023452,22073,738231,177757,135
Aug-2023447,64778,362234,018760,027
Sep-2023441,47190,228229,154760,853
Oct-2023447,55384,717231,927764,197
Nov-2023441,89982,153234,458758,510
Dec-2023427,45188,118240,764756,333
Jan-2024Data by LHB residence for January 2024 are affected by some quality issues. Overall totals and other breakdowns are not affected. For information about which data are affected, please contact us.422,80989,891242,114754,814
Feb-2024431,01286,897244,613762,522
Mar-2024430,21787,395251,287768,899
Apr-2024429,37488,312257,345775,031
May-2024In May 2024, the number of anaesthetics pathways provided by Cardiff and Vale fell by around 500 compared with previous figures after it was identified that these pathways had been closed for some time. It is not possible to remove them from the back series of data to reflect when they were actually closed, meaning the figures up to April 2024 are artificially high.431,92290,800265,227787,949
Jun-2024436,65382,986271,872791,511
Jul-2024441,35079,328275,953796,631
Aug-2024432,70282,898284,563800,163
Sep-2024434,35989,342277,606801,307

Metadata

Title

Combined Referral to Treatment waiting times - patients waiting (January 2018 onwards)

Last update

21/11/2024 21/11/2024

Next update

19/12/2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Referral to treatment times (RTT), Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This table provides the current data on referral to treatment waiting times for patient pathways waiting (open pathway) to start treatment by grouped weeks.

Hywel Dda health board has no patients waiting for audiological medicine from January 2019 onwards, this is due to the service moving into the community based model.

In March 2016, we changed some of the terminology used in referral to treatment reporting. Previously, when publishing these statistics, we used the terminology ‘patients’. However, some users misinterpreted this as unique patients. It is possible that a person could be on a number of different lists waiting for different conditions – i.e. there would be one patient but more than one pathway. Due to the RTT dataset being an aggregate data collection we’re not able to measure the number of unique patients. Therefore, we are using the terminology ‘patient pathways’, to better reflect the fact that one person can be on multiple waiting lists. The methodology use to measure and calculate these statistics has not changed. This is also more consistent with the other nations of the UK in their reporting of RTT.

Data collection and 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.

Frequency of publication

Monthly

Data reference periods

January 2018 onwards, data from September 2011 onwards is available in HLTH0086

Users, uses and context

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

Statistical quality

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

Due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic all non-urgent outpatient appointments were suspended in March 2020. Meaning, most hospitals had to reduce or suspend the services they offered, which led to an increase in both the lengths of waits and the number of people waiting on patient pathways for the month of April 2020 and subsequent months.

More detailed treatment functions have been introduced recently but have not been used consistently across all Local Health Boards; for example, patients receiving vascular surgery may have been recorded in either “General Surgery” or “Vascular Surgery” treatment functions. To reduce uncertainty and make counts more reliable, the new functions will be removed temporarily and treatment functions will be recorded under the more general headings; for example, all patients receiving vascular surgery will now be published under “General Surgery” until consistent recording of treatment functions is confirmed across all Local Health Boards. This has now been fully actioned back to April 2016 when the new codes were introduced and will remain under general headings until the more detailed treatment functions are used consistently across Wales.

Keywords

waiting times; health; treatment; hospital