Accredited official statistics

NHS diagnostic and therapy service waiting times: March 2016

A monthly report showing the number of people waiting for more than 8 weeks for diagnostic services and 14 weeks for therapy services.

• From: Welsh Government
• Published: 12 May 2016

Documents

NHS diagnostic and therapy service waiting times: March 2016

http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/nhs-diagnostic-therapy-service-waiting-times/?lang=en

Details

There are operational standards for maximum waiting times for access to these services. The maximum wait for access to specified diagnostic tests is 8 weeks and for specified therapy services is 14 weeks. The main target about time to treatment for the NHS in Wales is that 95 per cent of patients will have a referral to treatment time which is less than 26 weeks.

Published 12 May 2016