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Powys Teaching Health Board

NHS Wales health board

Waiting times (RTT)

May 2026· patients on an open pathway waiting to start treatment, all treatment functions combined. Wales's standard is 95% waiting less than 26 weeks.

Total pathways waiting
7,660
All treatment functions · latest month
Waiting under 26 weeks
90.2%
Welsh target: 95%
Waiting over 36 weeks
404
Longest-waiting pathways
Median wait
6.0 wks
Half wait longer, half shorter
9 in 10 waiting under
25.8 wks
90th centile
Pathways waiting
Total open waiting list, all treatment functions
6,0008,000Sept 11Jan 12Jan 13Jan 14Jan 15Jan 16Jan 17Jan 18Jan 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 267,6604,958September 20114,977October 20114,949November 20114,862December 20114,866January 20125,147February 20125,520March 20125,651April 20125,496May 20125,445June 20125,386July 20125,258August 20125,098September 20124,965October 20125,037November 20125,202December 20125,220January 20135,424February 20135,745March 20135,865April 20135,917May 20135,918June 20136,181July 20135,935August 20135,888September 20136,005October 20135,822November 20135,442December 20135,405January 20145,416February 20145,894March 20145,968April 20145,886May 20145,888June 20145,634July 20145,350August 20145,145September 20145,197October 20145,050November 20144,785December 20144,760January 20154,847February 20155,171March 20155,223April 20155,490May 20155,451June 20155,490July 20155,477August 20155,409September 20155,642October 20155,573November 20155,361December 20155,303January 20165,642February 20166,050March 20165,965April 20166,023May 20166,010June 20165,956July 20165,702August 20165,705September 20165,940October 20165,707November 20165,394December 20165,258January 20175,419February 20175,701March 20175,623April 20175,722May 20175,930June 20175,927July 20175,971August 20175,856September 20175,974October 20175,595November 20175,568December 20175,511January 20185,641February 20185,825March 20186,050April 20186,175May 20186,431June 20186,593July 20186,522August 20186,413September 20186,506October 20186,293November 20186,082December 20186,076January 20196,353February 20196,819March 20197,033April 20197,190May 20197,103June 20197,084July 20197,026August 20197,196September 20196,862October 20196,404November 20196,128December 20196,082January 20206,123February 20205,770March 20205,497April 20205,286May 20205,424June 20205,834July 20206,216August 20206,193September 20206,193October 20205,897November 20205,600December 20205,255January 20215,020February 20215,353March 20215,714April 20216,010May 20216,635June 20216,879July 20217,215August 20217,079September 20216,770October 20216,262November 20215,943December 20215,679January 20225,683February 20225,972March 20226,219April 20226,490May 20226,665June 20226,996July 20227,155August 20227,417September 20227,317October 20227,333November 20227,171December 20226,807January 20237,103February 20237,678March 20237,790April 20237,911May 20237,934June 20238,316July 20238,146August 20238,150September 20237,688October 20237,576November 20237,330December 20237,134January 20247,185February 20247,588March 20247,510April 20247,588May 20247,561June 20247,450July 20247,486August 20247,292September 20247,132October 20247,093November 20247,019December 20247,076January 20257,257February 20257,500March 20257,748April 20258,062May 20257,969June 20257,992July 20257,869August 20257,952September 20257,899October 20257,672November 20257,470December 20257,236January 20267,241February 20267,324March 20267,463April 20267,660May 2026

Source: StatsWales, Referral to treatment performance measures. Reported per health board. Welsh waiting times are measured separately from NHS England and NHS Scotland. About this data

A&E performance

July 2026· attendances and 4-hour performance. Wales's standard is 95% seen within 4 hours.

A&E attendances
1,853
All emergency care facilities · latest month
Seen within 4 hours (all facilities)
100.0%
Includes minor injury units, which lift this figure

Source: StatsWales, Emergency department activity and performance. Reported per health board. Welsh A&E figures are measured separately from NHS England and NHS Scotland. About this data

Ambulance response times

July 2026· Red (immediately life-threatening) calls. Wales's standard is 65% responded to within 8 minutes.

Red 999 calls
197
Immediately life-threatening · latest month
Median response
11:33
Welsh context: 65% of Red calls within 8:00
90th-percentile response
31:59
9 in 10 Red calls responded to within
Median response time
Red calls, in seconds
600700800900Jul 25Jan 26693686July 2025691August 2025661September 2025587October 2025677November 2025677December 2025708January 2026872February 2026707March 2026600April 2026725May 2026684June 2026693July 2026

Source: StatsWales, Emergency ambulance services response times. Reported per health board. Welsh ambulance figures are measured separately from NHS England and NHS Scotland. About this data

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