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Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Statistics

This section contains information on Referral To Treatment (RTT) waiting times, which monitor the length of time from referral through to treatment.

The latest RTT waiting times statistics are shown below.

NOTE

This page is no longer being updated. For the latest statistics and information please go here:
http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/


• If you are interested in waiting times at a particular provider trust and/or under a particular treatment area then please use the “Waiting Times by Hospital Trust” file.
• If you are interested in England level or regional (by PCT) waiting times please use the “Commissioner Data” files.
• If you are interested in waiting times at provider trusts then please use the “Provider Data” files.
• Admitted pathways are waiting times (time waited) for patients whose treatment started during the month and involved admission to hospital (adjustments are made to admitted pathways for clock pauses, where a patient had declined reasonable offers of admission and chosen to wait longer).
• Non-admitted pathways are waiting times (time waited) for patients whose treatment started during the month and did not involve admission to hospital.
• Incomplete pathways are waiting times for patients still waiting to start treatment at the end of the month.

Current Full Extract CSV Data File

April 2012 Statistical Press Notice

Historical Data

Monthly RTT waiting times data has been published since March 2007. Initially data was only published for patients whose RTT pathways ended in admission for treatment (admitted pathways). Non-admitted and Incomplete RTT pathway data has been published since since August 2007. Adjusted admitted RTT pathway data has been published since March 2008.

England RTT Time Series

Contact Us

For further information about the above published statistics, please contact the Referral to Treatment Measurement team.

Email:  RTTdata@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Phone:  0113 254 5023

If you are a patient wishing to discuss your own waiting time experience, you should contact your local PCT, which you can find via the NHS Choices website below:

www.nhs.uk

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