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Dartford And Gravesham NHS 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

60.2%

Rank: 61 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Aug 2466.2%58.3%
Sep 2466.5%58.5%
Oct 2465.8%58.9%
Nov 2465.3%59.2%
Dec 2464.7%58.9%
Jan 2563.2%58.9%
Feb 2562.7%59.2%
Mar 2561.6%59.8%
Apr 2560.6%59.7%
May 2559.6%60.9%
Jun 2558.8%61.5%
Jul 2560.2%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

3.2%

Rank: 91 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Aug 242.3%3.7%
Sep 242.4%3.3%
Oct 242.5%3.1%
Nov 242.1%3.0%
Dec 241.6%2.7%
Jan 251.7%2.7%
Feb 251.8%2.6%
Mar 251.9%2.4%
Apr 252.2%2.6%
May 252.3%2.7%
Jun 252.9%2.6%
Jul 253.2%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

78.2%

Rank: 56 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Aug 2475.7%75.5%
Sep 2473.8%74.9%
Oct 2476.1%77.1%
Nov 2478.8%77.4%
Dec 2479.6%78.1%
Jan 2571.6%73.4%
Feb 2582.3%80.2%
Mar 2574.8%78.9%
Apr 2573.3%76.7%
May 2572.5%74.8%
Jun 2570.2%76.8%
Jul 2578.2%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

63.0%

Rank: 96 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Aug 2470.5%69.5%
Sep 2466.7%67.4%
Oct 2474.5%68.2%
Nov 2470.5%69.4%
Dec 2473.3%71.3%
Jan 2558.2%67.3%
Feb 2566.3%67.0%
Mar 2570.9%71.4%
Apr 2562.4%69.9%
May 2575.5%67.8%
Jun 2569.1%67.1%
Jul 2563.0%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

1.6%

Rank: 5 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Aug 242.1%24.0%
Sep 241.7%22.7%
Oct 241.7%20.7%
Nov 241.8%19.9%
Dec 241.5%22.8%
Jan 251.3%22.4%
Feb 251.0%17.5%
Mar 251.5%18.4%
Apr 251.8%21.2%
May 258.0%22.0%
Jun 252.7%21.3%
Jul 251.6%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

80.6%

Rank: 13 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Sep 2475.3%74.2%
Oct 2473.7%73.1%
Nov 2474.0%72.2%
Dec 2472.4%71.1%
Jan 2576.2%73.0%
Feb 2575.6%73.5%
Mar 2576.6%75.0%
Apr 2574.0%74.8%
May 2571.4%75.4%
Jun 2574.6%75.5%
Jul 2582.1%76.4%
Aug 2580.6%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

5.6%

Rank: 34 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Dartford and Gravesham 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 Dartford and Gravesham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDartford and Gravesham National Average
Sep 248.6%9.9%
Oct 247.9%11.2%
Nov 247.9%10.8%
Dec 249.2%12.1%
Jan 2510.4%12.7%
Feb 2510.3%11.3%
Mar 258.8%9.7%
Apr 2510.5%10.1%
May 2510.6%9.4%
Jun 258.5%8.9%
Jul 256.7%8.3%
Aug 255.6%8.9%
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