The number of cancer patients receiving their first treatment within 62 days is still considerably lower than it should be in Swansea Bay, but a backlog in cancer cases has fallen sharply.
Three-quarters of all cancer patients in Wales are meant to have their "first definitive treatment" within 62 days of being referred. Swansea Bay University Health Board has hovered between 48% and 59% over the past 10 months, with the most recent monthly figure - for January 2023 - 50%.
A report before the health board said this was "far short" of where it wanted to be, although one factor was the work to reduce the backlog of patients waiting more than 62 days. The report said the backlog peaked at 574 last September and was now more than 200 lower, although an exact figure wasn't given. However, even the backlog success fell short of an improvement trajectory which was set out last April.
