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Barts Health NHS 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

57.1%

Rank: 87 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Aug 2455.5%58.3%
Sep 2455.6%58.5%
Oct 2455.7%58.9%
Nov 2455.3%59.2%
Dec 2455.4%58.9%
Jan 2555.2%58.9%
Feb 2554.3%59.2%
Mar 2555.3%59.8%
Apr 2555.4%59.7%
May 2556.3%60.9%
Jun 2557.6%61.5%
Jul 2557.1%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

3.5%

Rank: 93 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Aug 244.2%3.7%
Sep 243.8%3.3%
Oct 243.3%3.1%
Nov 243.0%3.0%
Dec 242.5%2.7%
Jan 252.6%2.7%
Feb 252.8%2.6%
Mar 252.8%2.4%
Apr 253.0%2.6%
May 253.8%2.7%
Jun 253.6%2.6%
Jul 253.5%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

81.1%

Rank: 32 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Aug 2469.3%75.5%
Sep 2471.5%74.9%
Oct 2470.1%77.1%
Nov 2470.5%77.4%
Dec 2471.0%78.1%
Jan 2572.6%73.4%
Feb 2580.4%80.2%
Mar 2580.4%78.9%
Apr 2579.0%76.7%
May 2580.2%74.8%
Jun 2580.9%76.8%
Jul 2581.1%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

75.7%

Rank: 35 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Aug 2470.3%69.5%
Sep 2466.2%67.4%
Oct 2460.9%68.2%
Nov 2465.8%69.4%
Dec 2469.7%71.3%
Jan 2563.4%67.3%
Feb 2571.1%67.0%
Mar 2570.8%71.4%
Apr 2574.5%69.9%
May 2575.5%67.8%
Jun 2572.8%67.1%
Jul 2575.7%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

22.8%

Rank: 71 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Aug 2424.7%24.0%
Sep 2423.8%22.7%
Oct 2421.4%20.7%
Nov 2425.4%19.9%
Dec 2429.4%22.8%
Jan 2526.9%22.4%
Feb 2519.9%17.5%
Mar 2521.4%18.4%
Apr 2521.7%21.2%
May 2519.4%22.0%
Jun 2519.0%21.3%
Jul 2522.8%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

72.0%

Rank: 72 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Sep 2470.0%74.2%
Oct 2470.3%73.1%
Nov 2470.0%72.2%
Dec 2470.3%71.1%
Jan 2570.7%73.0%
Feb 2570.1%73.5%
Mar 2570.9%75.0%
Apr 2570.0%74.8%
May 2570.2%75.4%
Jun 2569.2%75.5%
Jul 2573.4%76.4%
Aug 2572.0%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

13.9%

Rank: 94 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Barts Health 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 Barts Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBarts Health National Average
Sep 2415.6%9.9%
Oct 2416.9%11.2%
Nov 2416.6%10.8%
Dec 2417.3%12.1%
Jan 2516.7%12.7%
Feb 2513.8%11.3%
Mar 2514.3%9.7%
Apr 2515.0%10.1%
May 2514.1%9.4%
Jun 2513.6%8.9%
Jul 2512.4%8.3%
Aug 2513.9%8.9%
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