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Bedfordshire Hospitals 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

58.9%

Rank: 70 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Aug 2452.1%58.3%
Sep 2452.3%58.5%
Oct 2451.7%58.9%
Nov 2451.8%59.2%
Dec 2451.1%58.9%
Jan 2551.0%58.9%
Feb 2551.2%59.2%
Mar 2551.1%59.8%
Apr 2553.3%59.7%
May 2557.9%60.9%
Jun 2559.0%61.5%
Jul 2558.9%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

2.4%

Rank: 65 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Aug 245.0%3.7%
Sep 244.3%3.3%
Oct 244.0%3.1%
Nov 243.3%3.0%
Dec 242.8%2.7%
Jan 252.8%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.8%2.4%
Apr 252.8%2.6%
May 252.7%2.7%
Jun 252.6%2.6%
Jul 252.4%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

78.4%

Rank: 52 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Aug 2474.5%75.5%
Sep 2467.3%74.9%
Oct 2473.9%77.1%
Nov 2473.2%77.4%
Dec 2476.5%78.1%
Jan 2569.0%73.4%
Feb 2577.3%80.2%
Mar 2575.8%78.9%
Apr 2577.3%76.7%
May 2575.6%74.8%
Jun 2577.9%76.8%
Jul 2578.4%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

70.1%

Rank: 62 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Aug 2464.2%69.5%
Sep 2467.9%67.4%
Oct 2465.6%68.2%
Nov 2466.1%69.4%
Dec 2468.7%71.3%
Jan 2563.4%67.3%
Feb 2566.8%67.0%
Mar 2575.0%71.4%
Apr 2568.0%69.9%
May 2565.8%67.8%
Jun 2572.3%67.1%
Jul 2570.1%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

31.9%

Rank: 93 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Aug 2445.9%24.0%
Sep 2442.8%22.7%
Oct 2439.3%20.7%
Nov 2440.9%19.9%
Dec 2445.8%22.8%
Jan 2539.9%22.4%
Feb 2529.5%17.5%
Mar 2528.3%18.4%
Apr 2528.3%21.2%
May 2529.7%22.0%
Jun 2530.5%21.3%
Jul 2531.9%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

75.9%

Rank: 40 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Sep 2475.1%74.2%
Oct 2473.5%73.1%
Nov 2473.9%72.2%
Dec 2471.6%71.1%
Jan 2571.4%73.0%
Feb 2572.6%73.5%
Mar 2571.9%75.0%
Apr 2573.5%74.8%
May 2576.0%75.4%
Jun 2573.2%75.5%
Jul 2573.1%76.4%
Aug 2575.9%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

3.4%

Rank: 18 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBedfordshire National Average
Sep 244.3%9.9%
Oct 246.7%11.2%
Nov 245.1%10.8%
Dec 247.8%12.1%
Jan 259.0%12.7%
Feb 255.9%11.3%
Mar 256.1%9.7%
Apr 253.7%10.1%
May 253.4%9.4%
Jun 253.1%8.9%
Jul 253.0%8.3%
Aug 253.4%8.9%
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