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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Referral To Treatment key measures: median and 90th percentile waiting times, totals waiting and pathways waiting 26 and 36 weeks, January 2018 onwards, by month

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.

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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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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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.ErrorErrorErrorErrorError
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Metadata

Title

Median waiting times and other key measures for referral to treatment

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

The median waiting time is the middle value when all waits are ordered from shortest to longest, meaning half of all current waits are less than the median and half are more than the median. It is commonly used in preference to the mean as it is less influenced by extreme values.

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

Users, uses and context

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

Weblinks

The most recent statistical release can be found on the following weblink:
https://gov.wales/referral-treatment-times

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. This meant most hospitals reduced 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 from April 2020.

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

RTT Waiting times