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Guy's And St Thomas' 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

64.8%

Rank: 32 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Aug 2455.0%58.3%
Sep 2455.1%58.5%
Oct 2456.1%58.9%
Nov 2458.0%59.2%
Dec 2458.4%58.9%
Jan 2559.3%58.9%
Feb 2560.3%59.2%
Mar 2560.7%59.8%
Apr 2560.8%59.7%
May 2562.9%60.9%
Jun 2563.0%61.5%
Jul 2564.8%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

2.4%

Rank: 62 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Aug 244.6%3.7%
Sep 244.3%3.3%
Oct 243.3%3.1%
Nov 242.4%3.0%
Dec 242.0%2.7%
Jan 252.0%2.7%
Feb 252.2%2.6%
Mar 252.1%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 252.2%2.7%
Jun 252.3%2.6%
Jul 252.4%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

81.6%

Rank: 26 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Aug 2474.9%75.5%
Sep 2475.3%74.9%
Oct 2477.7%77.1%
Nov 2479.5%77.4%
Dec 2479.7%78.1%
Jan 2576.3%73.4%
Feb 2583.2%80.2%
Mar 2579.8%78.9%
Apr 2580.5%76.7%
May 2578.7%74.8%
Jun 2580.8%76.8%
Jul 2581.6%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

56.8%

Rank: 112 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Aug 2448.3%69.5%
Sep 2447.0%67.4%
Oct 2446.8%68.2%
Nov 2456.5%69.4%
Dec 2458.5%71.3%
Jan 2548.0%67.3%
Feb 2549.6%67.0%
Mar 2556.0%71.4%
Apr 2558.1%69.9%
May 2556.2%67.8%
Jun 2555.4%67.1%
Jul 2556.8%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

32.0%

Rank: 94 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Aug 2448.3%24.0%
Sep 2447.2%22.7%
Oct 2442.7%20.7%
Nov 2439.7%19.9%
Dec 2441.2%22.8%
Jan 2537.0%22.4%
Feb 2526.1%17.5%
Mar 2525.4%18.4%
Apr 2530.6%21.2%
May 2529.7%22.0%
Jun 2526.2%21.3%
Jul 2532.0%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

78.4%

Rank: 26 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Sep 2474.4%74.2%
Oct 2471.7%73.1%
Nov 2474.4%72.2%
Dec 2472.1%71.1%
Jan 2576.3%73.0%
Feb 2576.6%73.5%
Mar 2579.1%75.0%
Apr 2577.3%74.8%
May 2579.1%75.4%
Jun 2580.0%75.5%
Jul 2578.1%76.4%
Aug 2578.4%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

1.5%

Rank: 8 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Guy's and St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGuy's and St Thomas' National Average
Sep 241.4%9.9%
Oct 241.9%11.2%
Nov 241.5%10.8%
Dec 241.7%12.1%
Jan 251.3%12.7%
Feb 251.4%11.3%
Mar 251.5%9.7%
Apr 251.5%10.1%
May 251.3%9.4%
Jun 251.5%8.9%
Jul 251.5%8.3%
Aug 251.5%8.9%
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