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East Kent Hospitals University 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

54.9%

Rank: 102 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Aug 2450.8%58.3%
Sep 2450.9%58.5%
Oct 2450.5%58.9%
Nov 2451.2%59.2%
Dec 2452.0%58.9%
Jan 2552.5%58.9%
Feb 2552.8%59.2%
Mar 2553.3%59.8%
Apr 2554.0%59.7%
May 2554.7%60.9%
Jun 2555.0%61.5%
Jul 2554.9%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

2.6%

Rank: 68 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Aug 245.3%3.7%
Sep 244.3%3.3%
Oct 243.9%3.1%
Nov 243.6%3.0%
Dec 243.6%2.7%
Jan 253.5%2.7%
Feb 253.2%2.6%
Mar 252.8%2.4%
Apr 253.2%2.6%
May 253.0%2.7%
Jun 252.8%2.6%
Jul 252.6%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

76.9%

Rank: 67 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Aug 2471.0%75.5%
Sep 2469.8%74.9%
Oct 2471.3%77.1%
Nov 2471.8%77.4%
Dec 2475.0%78.1%
Jan 2566.5%73.4%
Feb 2578.5%80.2%
Mar 2576.4%78.9%
Apr 2575.0%76.7%
May 2574.9%74.8%
Jun 2576.8%76.8%
Jul 2576.9%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

78.7%

Rank: 19 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Aug 2473.3%69.5%
Sep 2472.7%67.4%
Oct 2470.4%68.2%
Nov 2474.2%69.4%
Dec 2473.7%71.3%
Jan 2569.1%67.3%
Feb 2570.8%67.0%
Mar 2577.3%71.4%
Apr 2576.0%69.9%
May 2575.5%67.8%
Jun 2572.2%67.1%
Jul 2578.7%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

20.4%

Rank: 64 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Aug 2436.0%24.0%
Sep 2431.5%22.7%
Oct 2423.0%20.7%
Nov 2416.7%19.9%
Dec 2418.9%22.8%
Jan 2516.1%22.4%
Feb 2513.8%17.5%
Mar 2513.0%18.4%
Apr 2517.1%21.2%
May 2516.8%22.0%
Jun 2518.5%21.3%
Jul 2520.4%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

74.2%

Rank: 55 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Sep 2476.8%74.2%
Oct 2474.4%73.1%
Nov 2474.1%72.2%
Dec 2474.4%71.1%
Jan 2573.4%73.0%
Feb 2573.2%73.5%
Mar 2574.6%75.0%
Apr 2576.2%74.8%
May 2576.6%75.4%
Jun 2576.4%75.5%
Jul 2576.5%76.4%
Aug 2574.2%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

23.3%

Rank: 114 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for East Kent 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 Kent - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Kent National Average
Sep 2418.0%9.9%
Oct 2418.7%11.2%
Nov 2418.8%10.8%
Dec 2419.4%12.1%
Jan 2521.3%12.7%
Feb 2520.7%11.3%
Mar 2520.8%9.7%
Apr 2521.4%10.1%
May 2520.2%9.4%
Jun 2520.6%8.9%
Jul 2520.4%8.3%
Aug 2523.3%8.9%
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