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Countess Of Chester Hospital 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

50.2%

Rank: 116 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Aug 2450.8%58.3%
Sep 2449.5%58.5%
Oct 2450.3%58.9%
Nov 2449.6%59.2%
Dec 2448.4%58.9%
Jan 2548.5%58.9%
Feb 2548.1%59.2%
Mar 2548.5%59.8%
Apr 2547.1%59.7%
May 2547.9%60.9%
Jun 2548.9%61.5%
Jul 2550.2%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

8.5%

Rank: 118 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Aug 246.6%3.7%
Sep 246.2%3.3%
Oct 246.5%3.1%
Nov 246.7%3.0%
Dec 246.5%2.7%
Jan 256.2%2.7%
Feb 255.9%2.6%
Mar 255.5%2.4%
Apr 256.6%2.6%
May 257.6%2.7%
Jun 258.3%2.6%
Jul 258.5%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

71.3%

Rank: 104 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Aug 2478.4%75.5%
Sep 2481.8%74.9%
Oct 2482.7%77.1%
Nov 2481.9%77.4%
Dec 2483.1%78.1%
Jan 2580.1%73.4%
Feb 2582.7%80.2%
Mar 2584.8%78.9%
Apr 2584.3%76.7%
May 2575.6%74.8%
Jun 2575.6%76.8%
Jul 2571.3%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

73.7%

Rank: 45 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Aug 2485.0%69.5%
Sep 2474.5%67.4%
Oct 2482.9%68.2%
Nov 2482.5%69.4%
Dec 2474.9%71.3%
Jan 2571.7%67.3%
Feb 2577.8%67.0%
Mar 2578.2%71.4%
Apr 2580.8%69.9%
May 2577.9%67.8%
Jun 2571.1%67.1%
Jul 2573.7%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

19.9%

Rank: 62 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Aug 2414.7%24.0%
Sep 2412.2%22.7%
Oct 2410.4%20.7%
Nov 247.8%19.9%
Dec 2412.8%22.8%
Jan 2517.0%22.4%
Feb 257.0%17.5%
Mar 2510.7%18.4%
Apr 2513.4%21.2%
May 2519.0%22.0%
Jun 2518.4%21.3%
Jul 2519.9%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

64.4%

Rank: 104 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Sep 2462.4%74.2%
Oct 2459.3%73.1%
Nov 2457.7%72.2%
Dec 2455.5%71.1%
Jan 2559.3%73.0%
Feb 2561.9%73.5%
Mar 2559.4%75.0%
Apr 2560.1%74.8%
May 2559.9%75.4%
Jun 2563.7%75.5%
Jul 2562.0%76.4%
Aug 2564.4%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

13.2%

Rank: 87 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Countess Of Chester 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 Countess Of Chester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCountess Of Chester National Average
Sep 2424.8%9.9%
Oct 2428.1%11.2%
Nov 2425.3%10.8%
Dec 2426.6%12.1%
Jan 2528.2%12.7%
Feb 2525.0%11.3%
Mar 2524.4%9.7%
Apr 2525.9%10.1%
May 2526.1%9.4%
Jun 2522.1%8.9%
Jul 2520.9%8.3%
Aug 2513.2%8.9%
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