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Birmingham Women's And 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

57.1%

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Aug 2457.0%58.3%
Sep 2457.9%58.5%
Oct 2457.4%58.9%
Nov 2458.1%59.2%
Dec 2458.7%58.9%
Jan 2558.0%58.9%
Feb 2558.5%59.2%
Mar 2558.5%59.8%
Apr 2558.1%59.7%
May 2557.9%60.9%
Jun 2557.2%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

1.0%

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Aug 242.7%3.7%
Sep 242.4%3.3%
Oct 242.4%3.1%
Nov 242.4%3.0%
Dec 242.0%2.7%
Jan 251.9%2.7%
Feb 251.3%2.6%
Mar 250.4%2.4%
Apr 250.4%2.6%
May 250.6%2.7%
Jun 250.8%2.6%
Jul 251.0%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

81.4%

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Aug 2483.5%75.5%
Sep 2480.7%74.9%
Oct 2477.6%77.1%
Nov 2480.4%77.4%
Dec 2482.2%78.1%
Jan 2581.6%73.4%
Feb 2586.3%80.2%
Mar 2583.9%78.9%
Apr 2581.3%76.7%
May 2581.3%74.8%
Jun 2586.3%76.8%
Jul 2581.4%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

61.5%

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Aug 2483.3%69.5%
Sep 2450.0%67.4%
Oct 247.1%68.2%
Nov 2463.6%69.4%
Dec 2441.7%71.3%
Jan 2561.1%67.3%
Feb 2533.3%67.0%
Mar 2545.0%71.4%
Apr 2573.3%69.9%
May 2578.6%67.8%
Jun 2585.7%67.1%
Jul 2561.5%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

24.3%

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Aug 2429.8%24.0%
Sep 2425.1%22.7%
Oct 2423.3%20.7%
Nov 2426.5%19.9%
Dec 2429.7%22.8%
Jan 2528.0%22.4%
Feb 2522.5%17.5%
Mar 2532.1%18.4%
Apr 2521.8%21.2%
May 2537.4%22.0%
Jun 2531.8%21.3%
Jul 2524.3%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

95.6%

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Sep 2484.2%74.2%
Oct 2479.8%73.1%
Nov 2462.3%72.2%
Dec 2466.2%71.1%
Jan 2584.3%73.0%
Feb 2579.1%73.5%
Mar 2587.7%75.0%
Apr 2590.1%74.8%
May 2578.8%75.4%
Jun 2583.6%75.5%
Jul 2587.0%76.4%
Aug 2595.6%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 Birmingham Women's and 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 Birmingham Women's and Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBirmingham Women's and Children's National Average
Sep 240.2%9.9%
Oct 240.4%11.2%
Nov 240.7%10.8%
Dec 241.9%12.1%
Jan 250.3%12.7%
Feb 250.2%11.3%
Mar 250.2%9.7%
Apr 25—10.1%
May 25—9.4%
Jun 25—8.9%
Jul 25—8.3%
Aug 25—8.9%
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