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Dorset County 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

59.4%

Rank: 65 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Aug 2452.9%58.3%
Sep 2454.4%58.5%
Oct 2456.2%58.9%
Nov 2457.8%59.2%
Dec 2458.9%58.9%
Jan 2558.7%58.9%
Feb 2560.2%59.2%
Mar 2560.4%59.8%
Apr 2558.9%59.7%
May 2559.5%60.9%
Jun 2559.0%61.5%
Jul 2559.4%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

1.6%

Rank: 38 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Aug 246.4%3.7%
Sep 245.1%3.3%
Oct 244.1%3.1%
Nov 243.0%3.0%
Dec 242.0%2.7%
Jan 251.7%2.7%
Feb 251.9%2.6%
Mar 251.7%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 251.9%2.7%
Jun 251.7%2.6%
Jul 251.6%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

72.1%

Rank: 100 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Aug 2478.4%75.5%
Sep 2477.1%74.9%
Oct 2480.9%77.1%
Nov 2480.0%77.4%
Dec 2479.6%78.1%
Jan 2572.4%73.4%
Feb 2577.1%80.2%
Mar 2578.4%78.9%
Apr 2570.5%76.7%
May 2566.9%74.8%
Jun 2575.7%76.8%
Jul 2572.1%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

67.9%

Rank: 76 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Aug 2469.1%69.5%
Sep 2477.3%67.4%
Oct 2477.3%68.2%
Nov 2485.0%69.4%
Dec 2474.4%71.3%
Jan 2521.1%67.3%
Feb 2572.5%67.0%
Mar 2580.0%71.4%
Apr 2579.5%69.9%
May 2569.4%67.8%
Jun 2568.0%67.1%
Jul 2567.9%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

28.2%

Rank: 89 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Aug 2422.1%24.0%
Sep 2423.3%22.7%
Oct 2420.9%20.7%
Nov 2420.5%19.9%
Dec 2420.0%22.8%
Jan 2518.3%22.4%
Feb 2513.8%17.5%
Mar 2517.2%18.4%
Apr 2522.7%21.2%
May 2526.1%22.0%
Jun 2527.7%21.3%
Jul 2528.2%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

82.8%

Rank: 5 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Sep 2481.7%74.2%
Oct 2479.0%73.1%
Nov 2479.1%72.2%
Dec 2474.9%71.1%
Jan 2575.2%73.0%
Feb 2578.1%73.5%
Mar 2584.3%75.0%
Apr 2582.0%74.8%
May 2583.7%75.4%
Jun 2583.4%75.5%
Jul 2586.3%76.4%
Aug 2582.8%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

8.0%

Rank: 54 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Dorset County 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 Dorset County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDorset County National Average
Sep 247.1%9.9%
Oct 248.0%11.2%
Nov 247.8%10.8%
Dec 2411.7%12.1%
Jan 2516.0%12.7%
Feb 2510.6%11.3%
Mar 2510.6%9.7%
Apr 256.5%10.1%
May 256.3%9.4%
Jun 256.1%8.9%
Jul 257.4%8.3%
Aug 258.0%8.9%
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