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NHS Wales

Referral-to-treatment (RTT) waiting times for every health board in NHS Wales. Wales runs its NHS separately from England and Scotland — these figures come from StatsWales (Welsh Government) and are measured against a different standard (95% of pathways waiting less than 26 weeks), so they are shown on their own and never ranked against English or Scottish hospitals.

Wales — national summary

May 2026 · all health boards, all treatment functions combined.

Total pathways waiting
689,721
All Wales · latest month
Waiting under 26 weeks
65.0%
Welsh target: 95%
Waiting over 36 weeks
169,460
Longest-waiting pathways
Median wait
15.7 wks
Half wait longer, half shorter
9 in 10 waiting under
63.2 wks
90th centile

Other national measures

Wales-wide, latest month for each dataset. Each is measured on its own Welsh standard — never ranked against England or Scotland.

A&E seen within 4 hours
49.9%
Major emergency departments · target 95%
Cancer treated within 62 days
59.2%
Single Cancer Pathway · target 75%
Diagnostics waiting over 8 weeks
32.5%
Welsh target: no patient over 8 weeks
Red 999 median response
9:13
Red calls · context: 65% within 8:00

Health boards

Latest-month referral-to-treatment waiting times (Welsh standard: 95% waiting less than 26 weeks).

Health boardPathways waitingWithin 26 wksMedian wait
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board109,79269.7%14.0 wks
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board178,60660.9%17.7 wks
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board129,63960.5%18.3 wks
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board82,75564.8%16.2 wks
Hywel Dda University Health Board84,64666.9%14.3 wks
Powys Teaching Health Board7,66090.2%6.0 wks
Swansea Bay University Health Board89,61568.8%13.3 wks

Hospitals

Named A&E hospital sites, by health board. Powys has no acute A&E of its own.

Source: StatsWales (Welsh Government), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology.