NHS Wales · Cardiff & Vale focus

Health dashboard

Human-readable NHS performance signals for the Vale, backed by resilient caching.

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NHS services in the Vale are provided by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Most health data covers the whole health board area. Where available, we show Vale-specific figures.

Vale of GlamorganVale-specific data

Cardiff & Vale UHBHealth board-wide data

Emergency department live status

Cardiff & Vale UHBLive — updates every 5 minutes

Real-time data from NHS Wales · Cardiff & Vale hospitals

Princess of Wales Hospital

Open

Wait time

Up to 3 hrs 30 mins

Patients

—

🕐24/7

Royal Glamorgan Hospital

Open

Wait time

Up to 3 hrs

Patients

—

🕐24/7

University Hospital Llandough

Open

Wait time

Up to 2 hrs

Patients

—

🕐24/7

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Open

Wait time

Up to 4 hrs

Patients

—

🕐24/7

Barry Hospital

Open

Wait time

Up to 1 hr

Patients

—

📞 Phone First — call 111

🕐8am - 10pm

Emergency & Ambulance

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data: March 2026

Latest period: March 2026

4-hour target

Data missing from source

Cardiff & Vale emergency department performance

Attendances

12,146

All emergency care facilities

Median emergency department time

02:54

Cardiff & Vale combined

Red calls

720

Ambulance emergency calls

Emergency department target performance

Latest period: March 2026

Within 4 hour--Data missing from source

Within 8 hour--Data missing from source

Within 12 hour--Data missing from source

Pipeline health

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🔧 Debug — real-time pipeline status

Debug Tool — helping us test data pipelines

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Ambulance call mix

Top categories for Cardiff & Vale (latest month)

Green: Planned217

Yellow: Soon570

Orange: Now1,629

Red: Emergency720

Purple: Arrest138

Median time by location

📅 Monthly data: March 2026

Emergency department median time snapshot

University Hospital Of Wales03:10

The Barry Hospital00:54

Cardiff & Vale02:54

Data: March 2026

Waiting Lists

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data: February 2023

Referral-to-treatment pathways and cancer waiting times

ℹ️RTT = Referral to Treatment — measures how long patients wait from GP referral to receiving treatment

Total pathways waiting

139,636

Referral-to-treatment · February 2023

Within 26 weeks

50.1%

Referral-to-treatment · May 2025

Over 36 weeks

38.5%

Patients waiting over 36 weeks

Cancer treatments

247

Cancer · November 2024

Referral-to-treatment waiting time distribution

Cardiff & Vale · May 2025

Up to 26 weeks50.1%

26 to 36 weeks11.4%

Over 36 weeks38.5%

Most Patients Waiting by Specialty— 69,818 total

February 2023

General Surgery7,500

Trauma and Orthopaedic6,182

Ophthalmology5,988

Allied Health Profession Services5,084

Diagnostic Services4,457

Cardiology4,314

Gastroenterology3,892

Gynaecology3,869

Cancer treatments by site

📅 Monthly data: November 2024

November 2024 ·

Skin56

Urological54

Breast35

Lung25

Lower Gastrointestinal19

Upper Gastrointestinal16

Haematological (excluding acute leukaemia)13

Head and neck8

General practice appointments

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Quarterly data: December 2025-26

Appointments across Cardiff & Vale

General practice appointments

641,754

December 2025 (financial year 2025-26)

General practitioner headcount

456

As of 31/12/2025

General practitioner full-time equivalent

Data missing from source

Full-time equivalent

Patients registered

Data missing from source

Cardiff & Vale

Appointment types

December 2025 (financial year 2025-26)

Face to face145,443 (71.6%)

Remote55,315 (27.2%)

Home visit2,312 (1.1%)

Patient Registrations

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Annual data

Registered patients across Cardiff & Vale clusters

Data unavailable

General practitioner workforce

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Annual data: 31/12/2025

Staffing levels across Cardiff & Vale

General practitioner workforce breakdown

31/12/2025

GP practitioner

365

Partner/Provider/Senior Partner

210

Salaried

155

GP locum

101

GP retainer

System Pressure

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data

Delayed hospital discharges across Cardiff & Vale

Delayed discharges

Data missing from source

Cardiff & Vale

Days delayed

Data missing from source

Total bed days lost

Avg days per delay

Data missing from source

Mean length of delay

Data unavailable

Health Deprivation

Vale of Glamorgan📅 Static data: WIMD 2019

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) 2019 health domain

ℹ️WIMD measures health deprivation using indicators like chronic conditions, mental health, and long-term illness rates. Lower ranks = less deprived (healthier).

Health deprivation by neighbourhood

WIMD 2019 · Most deprived areas first

Castle 2 North

Least deprived

of 51

Ebbw Vale North 2

Least deprived

of 51

Ebbw Vale South 1

Least deprived

of 51

Merthyr Vale 2

Least deprived

of 51

Llantwit Major 6

Least deprived

of 51

Ebbw Vale North 1

Least deprived

of 51

Merthyr Vale 1

Least deprived

of 51

Ebbw Vale South 3

Least deprived

of 51

Rhoose 2

Least deprived

of 51

Castle 7 West

Least deprived

#10

of 51

Rhoose 1

Below average deprivation

#11

of 51

Ebbw Vale North 3

Below average deprivation

#12

of 51

Dinas Powys 3

Below average deprivation

#13

of 51

Merthyr Vale 3

Below average deprivation

#14

of 51

Wenvoe 2

Below average deprivation

#15

of 51

Showing top 15 of 51 areas

Health indicators breakdown

Sample of health measures used in deprivation ranking

Example: Castle 2 North

Low birth weight8.1%

Children aged 4-5 who are obese--

GP-recorded chronic condition19.3

Limiting long-term illness37.5

GP-recorded mental health condition34.7

Data notes

Official aggregated NHS Wales performance data from StatsWales.
Live hospital-level A&E operational feeds are marked as under development.