Referral To Treatment key measures: median and 90th percentile waiting times, totals waiting and pathways waiting 26 and 36 weeks, January 2018 onwards, by treatment function
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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Median waiting times and other key measures for referral to treatmentLast update
18/04/2024Next update
23/05/2024Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Referral to treatment times (RTT), Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)Contact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.walesDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local health boardsGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English and WelshData 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-licenceKeywords
RTT Waiting timesGeneral 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
MonthlyData reference periods
January 2018 onwardsUsers, 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.
