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Cancer Waiting Times Data Collection (CWT)

Population Size

845,403

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2013

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The national Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) system allows NHS providers to record data derived from patient care activity. This data can be used to monitor cancer waiting times targets or plan service improvements. As a patient moves through the stages of their treatment pathway data on referrals, treatments and diagnosis are derived from care records locally (decisions on how to collect these data from local systems are made locally).

Documentation

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/cancerwaitingtimescwt

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Cancer

Dataset population size

845403

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

Total number of records

2362278

Count of StoreID

04 Jun 2025

Persons

Total Number of children

10582

Count where childflag = true

04 Jun 2025

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

This dataset tracks NHS cancer patient wait times from urgent referral to first treatment, measuring performance against national care standards.

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

25/06/2025

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2013

Time lag

2-6 months

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Maximum age range

112

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text/csv, application/sql

Data Access Request

Access rights

https://northwestsde.nhs.uk/for-sde-users/apply-to-use-the-sde

Time to dataset access

2-6 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

A secure workspace within the SDE will be implemented for each project. The standard package for a secure workspace includes a cloud-based VDI providing access to an instance of the platform and as suite of included tools. Further details be provided on request.

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data use requirements

User-specific restriction

Data Controller

North West Secure Data Environment

Data Processor

Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Demographics

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Dataset Sub-types: Cancer

Collection Sources: Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Publications about this dataset

The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort ...Evans A, Dunstan F, Fone DL, Bandyopadhyay A, Scho...

PloS one

Published - 2019