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Cambridge University 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

58.5%

Rank: 74 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Aug 2458.1%58.3%
Sep 2458.5%58.5%
Oct 2458.7%58.9%
Nov 2459.1%59.2%
Dec 2459.2%58.9%
Jan 2558.9%58.9%
Feb 2558.6%59.2%
Mar 2558.5%59.8%
Apr 2557.5%59.7%
May 2557.6%60.9%
Jun 2558.1%61.5%
Jul 2558.5%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

4.0%

Rank: 104 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Aug 244.3%3.7%
Sep 243.8%3.3%
Oct 243.6%3.1%
Nov 243.1%3.0%
Dec 242.8%2.7%
Jan 252.9%2.7%
Feb 253.2%2.6%
Mar 253.5%2.4%
Apr 253.9%2.6%
May 254.3%2.7%
Jun 254.3%2.6%
Jul 254.0%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

74.4%

Rank: 87 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Aug 2482.4%75.5%
Sep 2480.5%74.9%
Oct 2485.1%77.1%
Nov 2484.4%77.4%
Dec 2487.3%78.1%
Jan 2583.6%73.4%
Feb 2586.1%80.2%
Mar 2583.8%78.9%
Apr 2580.0%76.7%
May 2576.3%74.8%
Jun 2575.9%76.8%
Jul 2574.4%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

66.1%

Rank: 85 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Aug 2478.4%69.5%
Sep 2472.3%67.4%
Oct 2471.6%68.2%
Nov 2472.0%69.4%
Dec 2478.6%71.3%
Jan 2572.4%67.3%
Feb 2572.0%67.0%
Mar 2576.8%71.4%
Apr 2572.8%69.9%
May 2573.3%67.8%
Jun 2572.4%67.1%
Jul 2566.1%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

6.7%

Rank: 20 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Aug 2436.2%24.0%
Sep 2434.1%22.7%
Oct 2427.8%20.7%
Nov 2423.2%19.9%
Dec 2420.5%22.8%
Jan 2518.9%22.4%
Feb 2512.9%17.5%
Mar 259.9%18.4%
Apr 2510.1%21.2%
May 257.1%22.0%
Jun 256.7%21.3%
Jul 256.7%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

74.4%

Rank: 54 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Sep 2467.6%74.2%
Oct 2466.9%73.1%
Nov 2466.5%72.2%
Dec 2467.7%71.1%
Jan 2570.5%73.0%
Feb 2568.8%73.5%
Mar 2571.4%75.0%
Apr 2573.8%74.8%
May 2572.9%75.4%
Jun 2573.8%75.5%
Jul 2574.2%76.4%
Aug 2574.4%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

8.9%

Rank: 57 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Cambridge 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 Cambridge - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCambridge National Average
Sep 2411.1%9.9%
Oct 2412.9%11.2%
Nov 2411.7%10.8%
Dec 2413.0%12.1%
Jan 2513.5%12.7%
Feb 2513.7%11.3%
Mar 2510.1%9.7%
Apr 257.7%10.1%
May 257.5%9.4%
Jun 257.5%8.9%
Jul 259.9%8.3%
Aug 258.9%8.9%
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