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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

Barry Hospital

BarryMinor injuries unitShown here as MIU
Closed

Wait time

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Patients

—

🕐Open from Monday to Friday 09:00 - 15:30. Closed weekends. Barry Minor Injuries Unit is not a walk-in service, to access the unit please call 111 first and secure an appointment. Please ensure you call 111 first before attending.

University Hospital of Wales

CardiffAccident and emergencyShown here as A&E
Open

Wait time

Phone First

Patients

👤64

📞 Phone First — call 111

🕐Open 24 hours 7 days a week. Open bank holidays. The Emergency Unit (EU) at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) operates as a Phone First system; it will no longer accept walk-ins. If a patient believes they need to visit EU and it’s not life or limb threatening, call CAV 24/7 on 111.

Royal Glamorgan Hospital

LlantrisantAccident and emergencyShown here as A&E
Open⚠ Busier than usual

Wait time

Up to 1 hr 15 mins

Patients

👤94

🕐Open 24 hours 7 days a week.

Princess of Wales Hospital

BridgendAccident and emergencyShown here as A&E
Open

Wait time

Up to 16 hrs

Patients

👤44

🕐Open 24 hours 7 days a week.

Emergency & Ambulance

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data: February 2026

Latest period: February 2026

4-hour target

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Data missing from source

Cardiff & Vale emergency department performance

Attendances

10,735

All emergency care facilities

Median emergency department time

03:05

Cardiff & Vale combined

Red calls

618

Ambulance emergency calls

Emergency department target performance

Latest period: February 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

Status: Fresh cache / live refresh

Source: cache

Fetched: 06/04/2026, 21:05:06

Cache file: Present

Cache modified: 06/04/2026, 21:05:06

If StatsWales is down, cached data is served for up to 14 days.

Ambulance call mix

Top categories for Cardiff & Vale (latest month)

Green: Planned313
Yellow: Soon505
Orange: Now1,650
Red: Emergency618
Purple: Arrest113

Median time by location

📅 Monthly data: February 2026

Emergency department median time snapshot

University Hospital Of Wales03:19
The Barry Hospital00:59
Cardiff & Vale03:05

Data: February 2026

Waiting Lists

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data: Feb-2017

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

143,908

Referral-to-treatment · Feb-2017

Within 26 weeks

86.6%

Referral-to-treatment · Apr-2013

Over 36 weeks

4.0%

Patients waiting over 36 weeks

Cancer treatments

226

Cancer · August 2023

Referral-to-treatment waiting time distribution

Cardiff & Vale · Apr-2013

Up to 26 weeks86.6%
26 to 36 weeks9.4%
Over 36 weeks4.0%

Most Patients Waiting by Specialty— 71,954 total

Feb-2017

Trauma and Orthopaedic9,207
General Surgery6,512
Ear, Nose and Throat5,835
Ophthalmology5,490
Allied Health Profession Services5,350
Dermatology4,570
Gynaecology4,097
Cardiology3,213

Cancer treatments by site

📅 Monthly data: August 2023

August 2023 ·

Skin62
Breast45
Urological39
Lower Gastrointestinal24
Lung23
Upper Gastrointestinal11
Head and neck7
Gynaecological6

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

462

As of 30/06/2025

General practitioner full-time equivalentFull-time equivalentShown here as FTE

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Data missing from source

Full-time equivalent

Patients registered

130,344

2018

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: 2018

Registered patients across Cardiff & Vale clusters

Patients by cluster

2018

Central Vale65,156
Eastern Vale36,696
Western Vale28,492

General practitioner workforce

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Annual data: 30/06/2025

Staffing levels across Cardiff & Vale

General practitioner workforce breakdown

30/06/2025

GP practitioner
361
Partner/Provider/Senior Partner
218
Salaried
143
GP locum
112
GP retainer
7

System Pressure

Cardiff & Vale UHB📅 Monthly data

Delayed hospital discharges across Cardiff & Vale

Delayed discharges

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Data missing from source

Cardiff & Vale

Days delayed

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Data missing from source

Total bed days lost

Avg days per delay

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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
#1
of 51
Ebbw Vale North 2
Least deprived
#2
of 51
Ebbw Vale South 1
Least deprived
#3
of 51
Merthyr Vale 2
Least deprived
#4
of 51
Llantwit Major 6
Least deprived
#5
of 51
Ebbw Vale North 1
Least deprived
#6
of 51
Merthyr Vale 1
Least deprived
#7
of 51
Ebbw Vale South 3
Least deprived
#8
of 51
Rhoose 2
Least deprived
#9
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.
  • Contains Welsh Government StatsWales data © Crown copyright.

Contains Welsh Government StatsWales data © Crown copyright