Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data 2015-16

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  • If you are interested in England level or regional 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.

  • Incomplete pathways are waiting times for patients waiting to start treatment at the end of the month.
  • Admitted pathways are waiting times (time waited) for patients whose treatment started during the month and involved admission to hospital (until September 2015 adjustments were made to admitted pathways for clock pauses, where a patient had declined reasonable offers of admission and chose 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 with a decision to admit for treatment are waiting times for patients waiting to start treatment at the end of the month where a clinical decision to admit to a hospital bed for treatment has been made.
  • New RTT periods are the number of new RTT pathways where the clock start date is within the reporting month.

Revisions are published periodically (usually every six months) in line with NHS England Analytical Service (Operations) team’s revisions policy.

Referral to Treatment data for April to Sept 2015 was revised on 14 January 2016. Referral to treatment data for October 2015 to March 2016 was revised on 14 July 2016.


Apr15 May15 Jun15 Jul15 Aug15 Sep15
Oct15 Nov15 Dec15 Jan16 Feb16 Mar16

March 2016

Incomplete Commissioner Mar16 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Mar16 revised (XLS, 3709K)

Admitted Commissioner Mar16 revised (XLS, 2061K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Mar16 revised (XLS, 2066K)

Admitted Provider Mar16 revised (XLS, 3627K)
NonAdmitted Provider Mar16 revised (XLS, 3635K)

Provider-level by treatment function summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Mar16 revised (XLS, 1280K)

Full CSV data file Mar16 revised (ZIP, 2120K)


February 2016

Note: the revisions to the admitted and non-admitted commissioner files for Feb 2016 (published on 14 July 2016) were to correct a small error to the median and 95th percentile values at England-level. The change does not impact on the admitted and non-admitted provider files hence these were not updated.

Incomplete Commissioner Feb16 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Feb16 revised (XLS, 3690K)

Admitted Commissioner Feb16 revised (XLS, 2061K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Feb16 revised (XLS, 2065K)

Admitted Provider Feb16 (XLS, 3609K)
Non Admitted Provider Feb16 (XLS, 3617K)

Provider-level by treatment function summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Feb16 revised (XLS, 1275K)

Full CSV data file Feb16 revised (ZIP, 2066K)


January 2016

Incomplete Commissioner Jan16 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Jan16 revised (XLS, 3680K)

Admitted Commissioner Jan16 revised (XLS, 2061K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Jan16 revised (XLS, 2065K)

Admitted Provider Jan16 revised (XLS, 3600K)
NonAdmitted Provider Jan16 revised (XLS, 3607K)

Provider-level by treatment function summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Jan16 revised (XLS, 1271K)

Full CSV data file Jan16 revised (ZIP, 2063K)


December 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Dec15 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Dec15 revised (XLS, 3690K)

Admitted Commissioner Dec15 revised (XLS, 2062K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Dec15 revised (XLS, 3065K)

Admitted Provider Dec15 revised (XLS, 3609K)
NonAdmitted Provider Dec15 revised (XLS, 3616K)

Provider-level by treatment function summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Dec15 revised (XLS, 1274K)

Full CSV data file Dec15 revised (ZIP, 2025K)


November 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Nov15 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Nov15 revised (XLS, 3700K)

Admitted Commissioner Nov15 (XLS, 2053K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Nov15 revised (XLS, 2065K)

Admitted Provider Nov15 (XLS, 3619K)
NonAdmitted Provider Nov15 revised (XLS, 3625K)

Provider-level by treatment function summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Nov15 revised (XLS, 1271K)

Full CSV data file Nov15 revised (ZIP, 2070K)


October 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Oct15 revised (XLS, 2124K)
Incomplete Provider Oct15 revised (XLS, 3709K)

Admitted Commissioner Oct15 revised (XLS, 2062K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Oct15 revised (XLS, 2065K)

Admitted Provider Oct15 revised (XLS, 3628K)
NonAdmitted Provider Oct15 revised (XLS, 3635K)

Provider-level summary of new RTT data items
New RTT data items Provider Oct15 revised (XLS, 1275K)

Full CSV data file Oct15 revised (ZIP, 2076K)


September 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Sep15 revised (XLS, 2102K)
Incomplete Provider Sep15 revised v2 (XLS, 3620K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner Sep15 (XLS, 2038K)
Admitted Commissioner Sep15 (XLS, 2037K)
Non Admitted Commissioner Sep15 revised (XLS, 2041K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider Sep15 (XLS, 3262K)
Admitted Provider Sep15 (XLS, 3594K)
Non Admitted Provider Sep15 revised (XLS, 3620K)


August 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Aug15 revised (XLS, 2103K)
Incomplete Provider Aug15 revised (XLS, 3692K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner Aug15 (XLS, 2037K)
Admitted Commissioner Aug15 revised (XLS, 2037K)
Non Admitted Commissioner Aug15 revised (XLS, 2042K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider Aug15 (XLS, 3262K)
Admitted Provider Aug15 revised (XLS, 3756K)
Non Admitted Provider Aug15 revised (XLS, 3619K)


July 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Jul15 revised (XLS, 2101K)
Incomplete Provider Jul15 revised (XLS, 3692K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner Jul15 (XLS, 2038K)
Admitted Commissioner Jul15 (XLS, 2038K)
Non Admitted Commissioner Jul15 revised (XLS, 2041K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider Jul15 (XLS, 3262K)
Admitted Provider Jul15 (XLS, 3595K)
Non Admitted Provider Jul15 revised (XLS, 3620K)


June 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Jun15 revised (XLS, 2101K)
Incomplete Provider Jun15 revised (XLS, 3709K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner Jun15 (XLS, 2124K)
Admitted Commissioner Jun15 (XLS, 2129K)
Non Admitted Commissioner Jun15 revised (XLS, 2041K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider Jun15 (XLS, 3388K)
Admitted Provider Jun15 (XLS, 3776K)
Non Admitted Provider Jun15 revised (XLS, 3639K)

England-level time series to June 2015
RTT Overview Timeseries Jun15 revised (XLS, 107K)


May 2015

Incomplete Commissioner May15 revised (XLS, 2102K)
Incomplete Provider May15 revised (XLS, 3699K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner May15 revised (XLS, 2122K)
Admitted Commissioner May15 revised (XLS, 2127K)
Non Admitted Commissioner May15 revised (XLS, 2136K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider May15 revised (XLS, 3368K)
Admitted Provider May15 revised (XLS, 3765K)
Non Admitted Provider May15 revised (XLS, 3780K)


April 2015

Incomplete Commissioner Apr15 revised (XLS, 2101K)
Incomplete Provider Apr15 revised (XLS, 3690K)

Admitted Adjusted Commissioner Apr15 revised (XLS, 2123K)
Admitted Commissioner Apr15 revised (XLS, 2127K)
Non Admitted Commissioner Apr15 revised (XLS, 2138K)

Admitted Adjusted Provider Apr15 revised (XLS, 3359K)
Admitted Provider Apr15 revised (XLS, 3756K)
Non Admitted Provider Apr15 revised (XLS, 3772K)