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East Sussex Healthcare 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

63.6%

Rank: 38 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Aug 2455.2%58.3%
Sep 2455.3%58.5%
Oct 2453.8%58.9%
Nov 2454.9%59.2%
Dec 2454.6%58.9%
Jan 2554.6%58.9%
Feb 2555.5%59.2%
Mar 2559.5%59.8%
Apr 2560.1%59.7%
May 2562.0%60.9%
Jun 2563.4%61.5%
Jul 2563.6%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

1.4%

Rank: 30 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Aug 241.9%3.7%
Sep 242.0%3.3%
Oct 242.5%3.1%
Nov 242.7%3.0%
Dec 242.3%2.7%
Jan 251.9%2.7%
Feb 252.1%2.6%
Mar 251.7%2.4%
Apr 251.6%2.6%
May 251.4%2.7%
Jun 251.4%2.6%
Jul 251.4%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

82.5%

Rank: 17 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Aug 2480.5%75.5%
Sep 2481.8%74.9%
Oct 2482.1%77.1%
Nov 2482.5%77.4%
Dec 2482.8%78.1%
Jan 2578.9%73.4%
Feb 2586.5%80.2%
Mar 2582.9%78.9%
Apr 2581.7%76.7%
May 2582.1%74.8%
Jun 2582.9%76.8%
Jul 2582.5%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

71.9%

Rank: 49 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Aug 2472.7%69.5%
Sep 2470.2%67.4%
Oct 2475.1%68.2%
Nov 2472.9%69.4%
Dec 2472.4%71.3%
Jan 2570.9%67.3%
Feb 2572.9%67.0%
Mar 2574.2%71.4%
Apr 2571.7%69.9%
May 2571.3%67.8%
Jun 2573.5%67.1%
Jul 2571.9%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

16.0%

Rank: 51 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Aug 2411.4%24.0%
Sep 2413.1%22.7%
Oct 247.4%20.7%
Nov 249.7%19.9%
Dec 2412.2%22.8%
Jan 2510.0%22.4%
Feb 258.2%17.5%
Mar 259.9%18.4%
Apr 2514.8%21.2%
May 2516.6%22.0%
Jun 2516.5%21.3%
Jul 2516.0%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

76.1%

Rank: 38 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Sep 2474.3%74.2%
Oct 2470.5%73.1%
Nov 2471.2%72.2%
Dec 2468.8%71.1%
Jan 2570.2%73.0%
Feb 2572.1%73.5%
Mar 2571.1%75.0%
Apr 2577.5%74.8%
May 2579.3%75.4%
Jun 2575.8%75.5%
Jul 2575.4%76.4%
Aug 2576.1%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

7.4%

Rank: 48 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for East Sussex 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 Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthEast SussexNational Average
Sep 2410.5%9.9%
Oct 2411.7%11.2%
Nov 2410.1%10.8%
Dec 2411.6%12.1%
Jan 2512.7%12.7%
Feb 2512.7%11.3%
Mar 2511.4%9.7%
Apr 257.6%10.1%
May 256.4%9.4%
Jun 258.5%8.9%
Jul 256.7%8.3%
Aug 257.4%8.9%
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