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Barnsley Hospital 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

68.8%

Rank: 14 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Aug 2473.0%58.3%
Sep 2474.4%58.5%
Oct 2475.1%58.9%
Nov 2475.0%59.2%
Dec 2474.0%58.9%
Jan 2572.6%58.9%
Feb 2572.2%59.2%
Mar 2571.7%59.8%
Apr 2570.2%59.7%
May 2572.0%60.9%
Jun 2570.8%61.5%
Jul 2568.8%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

0.6%

Rank: 17 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Aug 240.4%3.7%
Sep 240.3%3.3%
Oct 240.3%3.1%
Nov 240.3%3.0%
Dec 240.4%2.7%
Jan 250.4%2.7%
Feb 250.4%2.6%
Mar 250.4%2.4%
Apr 250.5%2.6%
May 250.3%2.7%
Jun 250.5%2.6%
Jul 250.6%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

83.0%

Rank: 16 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Aug 2480.6%75.5%
Sep 2480.6%74.9%
Oct 2481.3%77.1%
Nov 2482.4%77.4%
Dec 2484.7%78.1%
Jan 2579.1%73.4%
Feb 2582.2%80.2%
Mar 2577.8%78.9%
Apr 2577.6%76.7%
May 2577.1%74.8%
Jun 2582.2%76.8%
Jul 2583.0%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

70.8%

Rank: 55 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Aug 2486.7%69.5%
Sep 2480.6%67.4%
Oct 2468.0%68.2%
Nov 2472.6%69.4%
Dec 2478.6%71.3%
Jan 2578.6%67.3%
Feb 2578.3%67.0%
Mar 2568.0%71.4%
Apr 2571.8%69.9%
May 2574.9%67.8%
Jun 2563.0%67.1%
Jul 2570.8%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

4.3%

Rank: 15 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Aug 242.7%24.0%
Sep 242.4%22.7%
Oct 241.8%20.7%
Nov 242.5%19.9%
Dec 243.6%22.8%
Jan 254.2%22.4%
Feb 252.3%17.5%
Mar 253.9%18.4%
Apr 254.4%21.2%
May 254.2%22.0%
Jun 255.6%21.3%
Jul 254.3%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

78.3%

Rank: 28 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Sep 2464.1%74.2%
Oct 2462.8%73.1%
Nov 2461.0%72.2%
Dec 2462.1%71.1%
Jan 2560.2%73.0%
Feb 2554.7%73.5%
Mar 2580.2%75.0%
Apr 2567.1%74.8%
May 2571.9%75.4%
Jun 2563.0%75.5%
Jul 2572.3%76.4%
Aug 2578.3%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

1.0%

Rank: 6 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Barnsley 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 Barnsley - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarnsley National Average
Sep 242.2%9.9%
Oct 242.3%11.2%
Nov 242.8%10.8%
Dec 243.5%12.1%
Jan 253.7%12.7%
Feb 254.4%11.3%
Mar 250.5%9.7%
Apr 252.0%10.1%
May 252.0%9.4%
Jun 252.6%8.9%
Jul 251.0%8.3%
Aug 251.0%8.9%
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