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NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times: Quarter Ending March 2008

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NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times: Quarter Ending March 2008

The latest National Statistics on NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 4 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

National Statistics KitemarkStatistics on NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times include data for Welsh NHS Trusts for the quarter ending March 2008. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 5 March 2008.

The Release
Statistical Release 78/2008 (PDF 170kB)

The key points from the latest release are:

  • 98% of patients newly diagnosed with cancer via the Urgent Suspected Cancer route started definitive treatment within 2 months of receipt of referral at the hospital;
  • 99% of patients newly diagnosed with cancer not via the Urgent Suspected Cancer route started definitive treatment within 1 month of diagnosis.

More detailed information for the 13 cancer tumour sites and an 'other' category are published in the release.

Note: For some cancer tumour sites the total number of patients starting treatment within the quarter is small. Care should be taken when interpreting percentages based on small numbers of patients.

All figures are provisional.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 3635
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update:
3 September 2008