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East Cheshire 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

59.7%

Rank: 64 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Aug 2458.2%58.3%
Sep 2459.5%58.5%
Oct 2459.1%58.9%
Nov 2461.2%59.2%
Dec 2459.9%58.9%
Jan 2559.4%58.9%
Feb 2559.0%59.2%
Mar 2559.7%59.8%
Apr 2559.2%59.7%
May 2560.6%60.9%
Jun 2553.8%61.5%
Jul 2559.7%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

2.3%

Rank: 57 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Aug 242.7%3.7%
Sep 242.5%3.3%
Oct 241.9%3.1%
Nov 241.9%3.0%
Dec 241.6%2.7%
Jan 251.6%2.7%
Feb 251.3%2.6%
Mar 250.6%2.4%
Apr 250.8%2.6%
May 251.0%2.7%
Jun 252.7%2.6%
Jul 252.3%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

69.9%

Rank: 107 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Aug 2477.7%75.5%
Sep 2476.7%74.9%
Oct 2473.2%77.1%
Nov 2478.1%77.4%
Dec 2484.1%78.1%
Jan 2571.7%73.4%
Feb 2577.3%80.2%
Mar 2579.4%78.9%
Apr 2577.5%76.7%
May 2574.9%74.8%
Jun 2577.5%76.8%
Jul 2569.9%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

64.8%

Rank: 88 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Aug 2472.5%69.5%
Sep 2476.0%67.4%
Oct 2467.6%68.2%
Nov 2468.7%69.4%
Dec 2478.1%71.3%
Jan 2569.6%67.3%
Feb 2563.9%67.0%
Mar 2575.9%71.4%
Apr 2566.7%69.9%
May 2572.0%67.8%
Jun 2577.1%67.1%
Jul 2564.8%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

16.2%

Rank: 53 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Aug 2415.8%24.0%
Sep 2410.6%22.7%
Oct 247.3%20.7%
Nov 247.6%19.9%
Dec 249.5%22.8%
Jan 255.7%22.4%
Feb 254.1%17.5%
Mar 253.3%18.4%
Apr 258.7%21.2%
May 257.2%22.0%
Jun 2514.5%21.3%
Jul 2516.2%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

48.0%

Rank: 118 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Sep 2453.1%74.2%
Oct 2451.4%73.1%
Nov 2454.4%72.2%
Dec 2449.8%71.1%
Jan 2550.6%73.0%
Feb 2550.5%73.5%
Mar 2551.5%75.0%
Apr 2549.2%74.8%
May 2557.0%75.4%
Jun 2546.7%75.5%
Jul 2541.3%76.4%
Aug 2548.0%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

18.8%

Rank: 107 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for East Cheshire 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 East Cheshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Cheshire National Average
Sep 2413.2%9.9%
Oct 2413.4%11.2%
Nov 2411.5%10.8%
Dec 2417.0%12.1%
Jan 2517.7%12.7%
Feb 2513.8%11.3%
Mar 2516.3%9.7%
Apr 2514.8%10.1%
May 2510.3%9.4%
Jun 25—8.9%
Jul 25—8.3%
Aug 2518.8%8.9%
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