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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Page last reviewed: October 2025

Elective

Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting within 18 weeks. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

58.3%

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Aug 2454.5%58.3%
Sep 2454.5%58.5%
Oct 2455.8%58.9%
Nov 2458.1%59.2%
Dec 2458.9%58.9%
Jan 2558.7%58.9%
Feb 2556.9%59.2%
Mar 2554.1%59.8%
Apr 2554.3%59.7%
May 2556.3%60.9%
Jun 2557.5%61.5%
Jul 2558.3%61.3%
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Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting more than 52 weeks (one year). Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

2.2%

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Aug 242.2%3.7%
Sep 241.7%3.3%
Oct 241.7%3.1%
Nov 241.5%3.0%
Dec 241.1%2.7%
Jan 251.3%2.7%
Feb 251.4%2.6%
Mar 251.2%2.4%
Apr 251.8%2.6%
May 251.8%2.7%
Jun 252.1%2.6%
Jul 252.2%2.6%
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Cancer

Cancer faster diagnosis

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited four weeks (28-days) from urgent referral to being told they have cancer, or cancer is definitively excluded. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

97.8%

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Aug 24100.0%75.5%
Sep 24100.0%74.9%
Oct 2495.2%77.1%
Nov 24—77.4%
Dec 2495.2%78.1%
Jan 25100.0%73.4%
Feb 25100.0%80.2%
Mar 25100.0%78.9%
Apr 25—76.7%
May 25100.0%74.8%
Jun 25100.0%76.8%
Jul 2597.8%76.6%
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Cancer 62-day combined

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited two months (62-days) from an urgent suspected cancer or breast symptomatic referral, or urgent screening referral, or consultant upgrade to a first definitive treatment for cancer. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

100.0%

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Aug 2450.0%69.5%
Sep 24100.0%67.4%
Oct 24100.0%68.2%
Nov 24100.0%69.4%
Dec 24—71.3%
Jan 25100.0%67.3%
Feb 25—67.0%
Mar 25—71.4%
Apr 25—69.9%
May 25100.0%67.8%
Jun 25100.0%67.1%
Jul 25100.0%69.2%
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Diagnostics

Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks

The purpose of this dataset is to measure waits and monitor activity for 15 key diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis is important to patients and central to improving outcomes. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

4.0%

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Aug 2415.8%24.0%
Sep 2414.9%22.7%
Oct 248.5%20.7%
Nov 243.1%19.9%
Dec 243.5%22.8%
Jan 252.5%22.4%
Feb 255.2%17.5%
Mar 253.9%18.4%
Apr 255.7%21.2%
May 254.9%22.0%
Jun 253.0%21.3%
Jul 254.0%21.9%
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Accident and Emergency

A&E 4-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited less than 4 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

90.1%

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Sep 2484.7%74.2%
Oct 2482.0%73.1%
Nov 2473.5%72.2%
Dec 2480.9%71.1%
Jan 2578.8%73.0%
Feb 2578.8%73.5%
Mar 2579.8%75.0%
Apr 2585.8%74.8%
May 2586.4%75.4%
Jun 2585.0%75.5%
Jul 2584.7%76.4%
Aug 2590.1%75.9%
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A&E 12-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited over 12 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge, for type 1 and 2 A&E departments only. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

–

No data available

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Alder Hey Children's showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for Alder Hey Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthAlder Hey Children's National Average
Sep 240.2%9.9%
Oct 24—11.2%
Nov 240.6%10.8%
Dec 240.2%12.1%
Jan 250.3%12.7%
Feb 250.2%11.3%
Mar 250.2%9.7%
Apr 250.2%10.1%
May 250.2%9.4%
Jun 250.2%8.9%
Jul 25—8.3%
Aug 25—8.9%
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