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Bolton 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

57.2%

Rank: 85 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Aug 2450.1%58.3%
Sep 2452.3%58.5%
Oct 2453.0%58.9%
Nov 2454.2%59.2%
Dec 2454.7%58.9%
Jan 2554.5%58.9%
Feb 2554.8%59.2%
Mar 2555.4%59.8%
Apr 2554.9%59.7%
May 2555.8%60.9%
Jun 2556.9%61.5%
Jul 2557.2%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

3.3%

Rank: 92 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Aug 246.4%3.7%
Sep 245.4%3.3%
Oct 245.2%3.1%
Nov 244.6%3.0%
Dec 243.9%2.7%
Jan 253.5%2.7%
Feb 253.3%2.6%
Mar 253.1%2.4%
Apr 253.3%2.6%
May 253.5%2.7%
Jun 253.1%2.6%
Jul 253.3%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

87.2%

Rank: 3 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Aug 2486.3%75.5%
Sep 2488.1%74.9%
Oct 2489.6%77.1%
Nov 2489.6%77.4%
Dec 2490.9%78.1%
Jan 2586.7%73.4%
Feb 2590.2%80.2%
Mar 2590.5%78.9%
Apr 2588.4%76.7%
May 2589.5%74.8%
Jun 2587.7%76.8%
Jul 2587.2%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

83.7%

Rank: 6 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Aug 2487.4%69.5%
Sep 2486.6%67.4%
Oct 2486.2%68.2%
Nov 2485.2%69.4%
Dec 2489.0%71.3%
Jan 2586.3%67.3%
Feb 2581.5%67.0%
Mar 2580.4%71.4%
Apr 2586.8%69.9%
May 2587.8%67.8%
Jun 2586.5%67.1%
Jul 2583.7%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

17.8%

Rank: 58 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Aug 2417.1%24.0%
Sep 2412.9%22.7%
Oct 2412.5%20.7%
Nov 2414.3%19.9%
Dec 2418.4%22.8%
Jan 2515.8%22.4%
Feb 2512.2%17.5%
Mar 253.7%18.4%
Apr 2510.8%21.2%
May 2513.6%22.0%
Jun 2514.8%21.3%
Jul 2517.8%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

64.6%

Rank: 102 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Sep 2466.0%74.2%
Oct 2462.3%73.1%
Nov 2462.5%72.2%
Dec 2461.5%71.1%
Jan 2566.0%73.0%
Feb 2563.7%73.5%
Mar 2571.8%75.0%
Apr 2566.3%74.8%
May 2570.3%75.4%
Jun 2564.9%75.5%
Jul 2564.8%76.4%
Aug 2564.6%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

11.6%

Rank: 77 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Bolton 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 Bolton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBolton National Average
Sep 2414.7%9.9%
Oct 2416.8%11.2%
Nov 2415.2%10.8%
Dec 2416.9%12.1%
Jan 2513.7%12.7%
Feb 2514.9%11.3%
Mar 257.8%9.7%
Apr 2512.3%10.1%
May 256.4%9.4%
Jun 259.1%8.9%
Jul 259.5%8.3%
Aug 2511.6%8.9%
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