Version: 1.0.2 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 3 days ago
Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times
Dataset
Summary
Type:
- Collections
- Information standards
Effective From:
11 March 2021
Applies To:
NHS Services
Impacts On:
All Trusts and independent sector providers which provide NHS-funded
consultant-led elective care.
Conformance Date:
01 April 2021
Topics:
- Continuity of care
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Reference data
Care Settings:
- Hospital
- Mental health
Documentation
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Description:
In England, under the NHS Constitution, patients have ‘the right to access certain services commissioned by NHS bodies within maximum waiting times’. This information standard outlines the specification and requirements for an aggregate monthly data collection to monitor waiting times performance against the standards set out in the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, and the 2015 amendment. Data are submitted to NHS England and NHS Improvement via NHS Digital’s Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) and form the basis of National Statistics for Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times published by NHS England.
About this change
Changes in this release are designed to:
- Collect more detailed information on incomplete pathways of over 52 weeks in length
- Separate the existing ‘Other’ treatment function category into subcategories (medical/surgical/mental health/paediatric/other).
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Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue