Written statement (Wales) on Escalation and Intervention Arrangements - Feb 19

Jeremy Miles, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care: The revised oversight and escalation framework published in July 2025 enables NHS organisations to be automatically de-escalated when they meet certain thresholds, and there is confidence there are robust plans in place to maintain this improvement.

I can confirm Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Hywel Dda University Health Board are today being de-escalated to level 1 (routine arrangements) because their cancer performance, against the 62-day target, has improved – and been maintained – over the past three months, in line with the de-escalation criteria they were set.

I would like to thank the organisations and their clinical teams for their increased focus on improving timely access to cancer diagnosis and treatment. There is still more work to do to meet the all-Wales target, but these are solid foundations, on which I expect performance to continue to improve throughout the year.

The revised escalation status of these organisations can be found at: NHS Wales escalation and intervention arrangements | GOV.WALES