There are two aspects of the Admitted standards;

Adjusted – Once a decision to admit a patient for treatment has been made but the patient wishes to take a holiday or wait for other social reasons, the Hospital can pause the ticking clock until the patient is ready. The Hospital can remove the length of the pause from the overall waiting time for their reports.

Non-adjusted – The duration of the patients pathway (from clock start to clock stop), disregarding any pause adjustments.

NHS England robustly monitors the volume of patients waiting over 52 weeks.