Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data 2020-21

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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 team’s revisions policy.  Referral to treatment data for Apr-20, May-20, Jun-20, Oct-20 and Dec-20 was revised on 14 October 2021.


Clinically-led Review of NHS Access Standards

Please see note below on the publication of RTT data during the Clinically-led Review of NHS Access Standards.

Publication of RTT Waiting Times data CRS (PDF, 30K)


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July 2020

Incomplete Commissioner Jul20 (XLS, 3402K)
Incomplete Provider Jul20 (XLS, 8164K)

Admitted Commissioner Jul20 (XLS, 1675K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Jul20 (XLS, 1686K)
New Periods Commissioner Jul20 (XLS, 493K)

Admitted Provider Jul20 (XLS, 3955K)
NonAdmitted Provider Jul20 (XLS, 3961K)
New Periods Provider Jul20 (XLS, 1019K)

Full CSV data file Jul20 (ZIP, 2546K)


June 2020

Incomplete Commissioner Jun20 revised (XLS, 3526K)
Incomplete Provider Jun20 revised (XLS, 8101K)

Admitted Commissioner Jun20 revised (XLS, 1677K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Jun20 revised (XLS, 1686K)
New Periods Commissioner Jun20 revised (XLS, 493K)

Admitted Provider Jun20 revised (XLS, 3929K)
NonAdmitted Provider Jun20 revised (XLS, 3934K)
New Periods Provider Jun20 revised (XLS, 1014K)

Full CSV data file Jun20 revised (ZIP, 2649K)


May 2020

Incomplete Commissioner May20 revised (XLS, 3406K)
Incomplete Provider May20 revised (XLS, 8140K)

Admitted Commissioner May20 revised (XLS, 1679K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner May20 revised (XLS, 1686K)
New Periods Commissioner May20 revised (XLS, 493K)

Admitted Provider May20 revised (XLS, 3948K)
NonAdmitted Provider May20 revised (XLS, 3953K)
New Periods Provider May20 revised (XLS, 1018K)

Full CSV data file May20 revised (ZIP, 2216K)


April 2020

Incomplete Commissioner Apr20 revised (XLS, 3404K)
Incomplete Provider Apr20 revised (XLS, 8171K)

Admitted Commissioner Apr20 revised (XLS, 1681K)
NonAdmitted Commissioner Apr20 revised (XLS, 1687K)
New Periods Commissioner Apr20 revised (XLS, 494K)

Admitted Provider Apr20 revised (XLS, 3968K)
NonAdmitted Provider Apr20 revised (XLS, 3971K)
New Periods Provider Apr20 revised (XLS, 1036K)

Full CSV data file Apr20 revised (ZIP, 2295K)