Access to services

Measures how effectively patients can access NHS services, covering elective care waiting times, cancer treatment pathways, mental health access, and urgent and emergency care responsiveness. Timely access is fundamental to early diagnosis, effective treatment, and patient confidence in the health system.

Showing data for the current quarter - Q1 2026/27

Compare current quarter metrics against

Domain summary

Average score
2.03

Loading domain name

Domain summary

Average score
Quartile

Domain metrics

Metric	Sub-domain	Value	Compared to Q2 2025/26	National benchmark	Score	Rank

Domain metrics

Domain metrics showing metric name, sub-domain, value, national benchmark, score, and rank

Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting 18 weeks or less for elective treatment	Elective care	70.99%		1.59	26
Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting more than 52 weeks for elective treatment	Elective care	0.45%	0%	2.40	30
Percentage of diagnostic referrals waiting over 6 weeks	Diagnostics	4.69%		1.39	18
Percentage of emergency department attendances admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours	Urgent care	60.40%	82%	3.98	122
Percentage of emergency department attendances spending over 12 hours in the department	Urgent care	11.35%		2.88	77
Percentage of patients treated for cancer within 62 days of referral	Cancer care	79.68%	80%	2.02	21
Percentage of patients waiting less than 18 weeks for community care	Elective care	76.89%	78%	2.04	47
Percentage of patients waiting over 52 weeks for community services	Elective care	0%	0%	1	1
Percentage of patients with cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days of an urgent referral	Cancer care	82.54%	80%	1	26

Access to services – Airedale NHS Foundation Trust – NHS Oversight Framework - NHS England public data gateway

Domain summary

Average score

Domain summary

Average score

Quartile

Domain metrics

Cookies on the NHS England public data gateway

Domain summary

Average score

Quartile

Domain metrics