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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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

58.7%

Rank: 72 of 118

National Average

61.0%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Sep 2454.4%58.5%
Oct 2455.4%58.9%
Nov 2456.4%59.2%
Dec 2456.8%58.9%
Jan 2557.7%58.9%
Feb 2558.3%59.2%
Mar 2559.1%59.8%
Apr 2557.2%59.7%
May 2557.5%60.9%
Jun 2558.0%61.5%
Jul 2558.1%61.3%
Aug 2558.7%61.0%
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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

2.8%

Rank: 72 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Sep 243.8%3.3%
Oct 244.3%3.1%
Nov 244.0%3.0%
Dec 242.8%2.7%
Jan 252.4%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.4%2.4%
Apr 252.7%2.6%
May 252.7%2.7%
Jun 252.5%2.6%
Jul 252.7%2.6%
Aug 252.8%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

76.0%

Rank: 51 of 118

National Average

74.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Sep 2470.3%74.9%
Oct 2474.1%77.0%
Nov 2468.3%77.3%
Dec 2466.6%78.0%
Jan 2567.6%73.4%
Feb 2579.5%80.2%
Mar 2577.3%79.0%
Apr 2579.6%76.7%
May 2578.8%74.8%
Jun 2580.0%76.8%
Jul 2581.7%76.6%
Aug 2576.0%74.6%
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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

59.2%

Rank: 106 of 118

National Average

69.1%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Sep 2458.2%67.4%
Oct 2450.7%68.5%
Nov 2457.9%69.8%
Dec 2461.4%71.7%
Jan 2552.3%67.6%
Feb 2554.7%67.2%
Mar 2555.0%71.4%
Apr 2564.7%69.9%
May 2559.0%67.8%
Jun 2562.3%67.1%
Jul 2562.2%69.2%
Aug 2559.2%69.1%
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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

32.1%

Rank: 88 of 117

National Average

24.0%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Sep 2416.7%22.7%
Oct 2415.7%20.7%
Nov 2416.9%19.9%
Dec 2423.2%22.8%
Jan 2530.1%22.4%
Feb 2524.4%17.5%
Mar 2518.7%18.4%
Apr 2524.3%21.2%
May 2524.1%22.0%
Jun 2523.8%21.3%
Jul 2530.5%21.9%
Aug 2532.1%24.0%
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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

72.1%

Rank: 60 of 118

National Average

75.0%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Sept 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Oct 2470.6%73.1%
Nov 2468.1%72.2%
Dec 2468.4%71.1%
Jan 2576.6%73.0%
Feb 2578.2%73.5%
Mar 2578.9%75.0%
Apr 2579.5%74.8%
May 2577.6%75.4%
Jun 2577.7%75.5%
Jul 2578.2%76.4%
Aug 2579.9%75.9%
Sep 2572.1%75.0%
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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

7.7%

Rank: 40 of 110

National Average

9.8%

Providers: 134 (110 ranked)

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Performance table for Buckinghamshire showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Sept 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for Buckinghamshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBuckinghamshireNational Average
Oct 248.6%11.3%
Nov 247.6%10.9%
Dec 248.4%12.3%
Jan 257.7%12.9%
Feb 257.3%11.4%
Mar 256.1%9.9%
Apr 256.4%10.1%
May 256.9%9.4%
Jun 256.3%8.9%
Jul 257.3%8.3%
Aug 257.1%8.9%
Sep 257.7%9.8%
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