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Great Western Hospitals 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

61.2%

Rank: 55 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Aug 2451.5%58.3%
Sep 2451.4%58.5%
Oct 2452.1%58.9%
Nov 2453.1%59.2%
Dec 2454.2%58.9%
Jan 2554.8%58.9%
Feb 2556.9%59.2%
Mar 2558.0%59.8%
Apr 2557.8%59.7%
May 2559.6%60.9%
Jun 2560.8%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

1.8%

Rank: 44 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Aug 244.8%3.7%
Sep 244.5%3.3%
Oct 243.9%3.1%
Nov 244.1%3.0%
Dec 243.5%2.7%
Jan 253.2%2.7%
Feb 253.1%2.6%
Mar 252.5%2.4%
Apr 252.2%2.6%
May 252.0%2.7%
Jun 251.8%2.6%
Jul 251.8%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

74.5%

Rank: 86 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Aug 2481.7%75.5%
Sep 2478.9%74.9%
Oct 2479.5%77.1%
Nov 2478.9%77.4%
Dec 2479.5%78.1%
Jan 2580.2%73.4%
Feb 2586.2%80.2%
Mar 2583.5%78.9%
Apr 2580.4%76.7%
May 2576.8%74.8%
Jun 2579.2%76.8%
Jul 2574.5%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

69.3%

Rank: 68 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Aug 2470.2%69.5%
Sep 2471.5%67.4%
Oct 2478.2%68.2%
Nov 2470.4%69.4%
Dec 2473.4%71.3%
Jan 2575.3%67.3%
Feb 2573.1%67.0%
Mar 2582.1%71.4%
Apr 2570.8%69.9%
May 2569.7%67.8%
Jun 2578.2%67.1%
Jul 2569.3%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

13.6%

Rank: 41 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Aug 2424.2%24.0%
Sep 2419.7%22.7%
Oct 2411.6%20.7%
Nov 2411.4%19.9%
Dec 2415.3%22.8%
Jan 2514.1%22.4%
Feb 2512.3%17.5%
Mar 259.0%18.4%
Apr 2515.2%21.2%
May 2515.0%22.0%
Jun 2515.7%21.3%
Jul 2513.6%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

67.8%

Rank: 91 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Sep 2477.4%74.2%
Oct 2472.6%73.1%
Nov 2474.0%72.2%
Dec 2474.7%71.1%
Jan 2573.6%73.0%
Feb 2572.5%73.5%
Mar 2570.1%75.0%
Apr 2569.6%74.8%
May 2570.3%75.4%
Jun 2569.1%75.5%
Jul 2569.1%76.4%
Aug 2567.8%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

10.5%

Rank: 70 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Great Western 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 Great Western - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGreat Western National Average
Sep 247.5%9.9%
Oct 2411.1%11.2%
Nov 2414.5%10.8%
Dec 2415.1%12.1%
Jan 2519.7%12.7%
Feb 2517.5%11.3%
Mar 2516.2%9.7%
Apr 2517.8%10.1%
May 2517.4%9.4%
Jun 2510.8%8.9%
Jul 2511.1%8.3%
Aug 2510.5%8.9%
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