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East Suffolk And North Essex 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

57.0%

Rank: 89 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Aug 2455.9%58.3%
Sep 2455.5%58.5%
Oct 2455.1%58.9%
Nov 2455.1%59.2%
Dec 2454.6%58.9%
Jan 2554.5%58.9%
Feb 2555.1%59.2%
Mar 2555.8%59.8%
Apr 2555.2%59.7%
May 2556.5%60.9%
Jun 2556.5%61.5%
Jul 2557.0%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: 87 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Aug 244.0%3.7%
Sep 243.6%3.3%
Oct 243.6%3.1%
Nov 243.6%3.0%
Dec 243.5%2.7%
Jan 253.5%2.7%
Feb 253.5%2.6%
Mar 253.3%2.4%
Apr 253.5%2.6%
May 253.6%2.7%
Jun 253.4%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

74.9%

Rank: 84 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Aug 2475.8%75.5%
Sep 2474.9%74.9%
Oct 2477.0%77.1%
Nov 2476.5%77.4%
Dec 2477.2%78.1%
Jan 2571.3%73.4%
Feb 2578.4%80.2%
Mar 2577.4%78.9%
Apr 2574.7%76.7%
May 2572.5%74.8%
Jun 2573.9%76.8%
Jul 2574.9%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

69.9%

Rank: 64 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Aug 2473.4%69.5%
Sep 2473.2%67.4%
Oct 2474.1%68.2%
Nov 2470.3%69.4%
Dec 2474.9%71.3%
Jan 2569.4%67.3%
Feb 2566.5%67.0%
Mar 2572.6%71.4%
Apr 2572.5%69.9%
May 2568.0%67.8%
Jun 2566.1%67.1%
Jul 2569.9%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

6.3%

Rank: 19 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Aug 2421.4%24.0%
Sep 2419.4%22.7%
Oct 2418.3%20.7%
Nov 2413.9%19.9%
Dec 2414.7%22.8%
Jan 2513.6%22.4%
Feb 257.7%17.5%
Mar 255.3%18.4%
Apr 258.4%21.2%
May 258.9%22.0%
Jun 256.9%21.3%
Jul 256.3%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

75.0%

Rank: 49 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Sep 2472.8%74.2%
Oct 2472.0%73.1%
Nov 2473.8%72.2%
Dec 2473.8%71.1%
Jan 2576.3%73.0%
Feb 2575.5%73.5%
Mar 2578.4%75.0%
Apr 2578.4%74.8%
May 2578.0%75.4%
Jun 2576.5%75.5%
Jul 2575.6%76.4%
Aug 2575.0%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

9.8%

Rank: 66 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for East Suffolk and North Essex 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 Suffolk and North Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex National Average
Sep 249.8%9.9%
Oct 2413.7%11.2%
Nov 2413.3%10.8%
Dec 2416.9%12.1%
Jan 2516.9%12.7%
Feb 2516.2%11.3%
Mar 2513.2%9.7%
Apr 2512.5%10.1%
May 2512.2%9.4%
Jun 2511.5%8.9%
Jul 2510.1%8.3%
Aug 259.8%8.9%
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