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County Durham And Darlington 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

68.4%

Rank: 17 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Aug 2465.5%58.3%
Sep 2467.6%58.5%
Oct 2467.7%58.9%
Nov 2469.3%59.2%
Dec 2469.7%58.9%
Jan 2569.2%58.9%
Feb 2568.7%59.2%
Mar 2569.3%59.8%
Apr 2567.8%59.7%
May 2570.0%60.9%
Jun 2568.5%61.5%
Jul 2568.4%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%

Rank: 21 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Aug 241.9%3.7%
Sep 241.4%3.3%
Oct 241.2%3.1%
Nov 240.8%3.0%
Dec 240.6%2.7%
Jan 250.7%2.7%
Feb 250.8%2.6%
Mar 250.8%2.4%
Apr 250.8%2.6%
May 250.8%2.7%
Jun 251.0%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

66.6%

Rank: 111 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Aug 2487.0%75.5%
Sep 2488.7%74.9%
Oct 2488.9%77.1%
Nov 2488.6%77.4%
Dec 2489.3%78.1%
Jan 2584.9%73.4%
Feb 2589.8%80.2%
Mar 2579.5%78.9%
Apr 2567.1%76.7%
May 2566.1%74.8%
Jun 2571.6%76.8%
Jul 2566.6%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

78.0%

Rank: 23 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Aug 2474.8%69.5%
Sep 2467.4%67.4%
Oct 2469.3%68.2%
Nov 2476.1%69.4%
Dec 2472.1%71.3%
Jan 2572.6%67.3%
Feb 2572.7%67.0%
Mar 2578.1%71.4%
Apr 2571.0%69.9%
May 2568.2%67.8%
Jun 2572.2%67.1%
Jul 2578.0%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

11.6%

Rank: 31 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Aug 2411.1%24.0%
Sep 247.7%22.7%
Oct 246.2%20.7%
Nov 244.6%19.9%
Dec 246.9%22.8%
Jan 256.7%22.4%
Feb 254.0%17.5%
Mar 255.9%18.4%
Apr 2510.5%21.2%
May 2512.9%22.0%
Jun 2511.8%21.3%
Jul 2511.6%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

79.8%

Rank: 19 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Sep 2477.8%74.2%
Oct 2478.6%73.1%
Nov 2476.0%72.2%
Dec 2477.0%71.1%
Jan 2577.5%73.0%
Feb 2578.4%73.5%
Mar 2579.8%75.0%
Apr 2579.4%74.8%
May 2578.9%75.4%
Jun 2581.1%75.5%
Jul 2580.8%76.4%
Aug 2579.8%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

6.9%

Rank: 42 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for County Durham and Darlington 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 County Durham and Darlington - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthCounty Durham and Darlington National Average
Sep 2415.4%9.9%
Oct 2414.0%11.2%
Nov 2413.1%10.8%
Dec 2417.2%12.1%
Jan 2517.1%12.7%
Feb 2512.6%11.3%
Mar 258.4%9.7%
Apr 258.7%10.1%
May 259.1%9.4%
Jun 256.7%8.9%
Jul 256.9%8.3%
Aug 256.9%8.9%
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