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East Lancashire Hospitals 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

61.2%

Rank: 57 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Aug 2453.6%58.3%
Sep 2455.1%58.5%
Oct 2456.8%58.9%
Nov 2457.2%59.2%
Dec 2457.1%58.9%
Jan 2556.9%58.9%
Feb 2557.3%59.2%
Mar 2557.9%59.8%
Apr 2556.5%59.7%
May 2558.4%60.9%
Jun 2560.7%61.5%
Jul 2561.2%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

3.7%

Rank: 96 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Aug 244.7%3.7%
Sep 244.5%3.3%
Oct 244.3%3.1%
Nov 244.2%3.0%
Dec 244.0%2.7%
Jan 254.0%2.7%
Feb 254.1%2.6%
Mar 254.2%2.4%
Apr 254.3%2.6%
May 253.9%2.7%
Jun 253.8%2.6%
Jul 253.7%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

73.9%

Rank: 91 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Aug 2478.5%75.5%
Sep 2475.3%74.9%
Oct 2477.4%77.1%
Nov 2477.4%77.4%
Dec 2479.5%78.1%
Jan 2574.5%73.4%
Feb 2580.7%80.2%
Mar 2578.2%78.9%
Apr 2577.1%76.7%
May 2572.1%74.8%
Jun 2573.7%76.8%
Jul 2573.9%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

66.2%

Rank: 84 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Aug 2471.4%69.5%
Sep 2467.0%67.4%
Oct 2465.9%68.2%
Nov 2472.2%69.4%
Dec 2475.4%71.3%
Jan 2571.5%67.3%
Feb 2572.1%67.0%
Mar 2572.2%71.4%
Apr 2578.7%69.9%
May 2571.9%67.8%
Jun 2576.8%67.1%
Jul 2566.2%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

1.8%

Rank: 7 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Aug 2419.3%24.0%
Sep 2420.6%22.7%
Oct 2417.6%20.7%
Nov 2415.3%19.9%
Dec 2414.9%22.8%
Jan 259.9%22.4%
Feb 254.3%17.5%
Mar 251.4%18.4%
Apr 251.5%21.2%
May 251.9%22.0%
Jun 251.6%21.3%
Jul 251.8%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

79.0%

Rank: 22 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Sep 2478.0%74.2%
Oct 2476.8%73.1%
Nov 2476.8%72.2%
Dec 2474.4%71.1%
Jan 2573.7%73.0%
Feb 2577.0%73.5%
Mar 2579.7%75.0%
Apr 2580.4%74.8%
May 2579.7%75.4%
Jun 2580.0%75.5%
Jul 2579.3%76.4%
Aug 2579.0%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

15.6%

Rank: 105 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for East Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Lancashire National Average
Sep 2416.1%9.9%
Oct 2421.8%11.2%
Nov 2422.4%10.8%
Dec 248.6%12.1%
Jan 2519.3%12.7%
Feb 2515.8%11.3%
Mar 2515.4%9.7%
Apr 2514.6%10.1%
May 2514.6%9.4%
Jun 2514.5%8.9%
Jul 2514.6%8.3%
Aug 2515.6%8.9%
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