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Imperial College 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

61.5%

Rank: 52 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Aug 2457.4%58.3%
Sep 2457.6%58.5%
Oct 2458.6%58.9%
Nov 2457.7%59.2%
Dec 2458.4%58.9%
Jan 2557.6%58.9%
Feb 2558.1%59.2%
Mar 2560.5%59.8%
Apr 2560.2%59.7%
May 2560.3%60.9%
Jun 2561.7%61.5%
Jul 2561.5%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

1.6%

Rank: 37 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Aug 243.6%3.7%
Sep 243.2%3.3%
Oct 243.0%3.1%
Nov 243.1%3.0%
Dec 242.9%2.7%
Jan 252.7%2.7%
Feb 252.5%2.6%
Mar 252.1%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 252.0%2.7%
Jun 251.8%2.6%
Jul 251.6%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

80.8%

Rank: 33 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Aug 2482.4%75.5%
Sep 2479.9%74.9%
Oct 2480.0%77.1%
Nov 2483.7%77.4%
Dec 2483.9%78.1%
Jan 2580.1%73.4%
Feb 2587.0%80.2%
Mar 2582.8%78.9%
Apr 2581.1%76.7%
May 2580.8%74.8%
Jun 2584.9%76.8%
Jul 2580.8%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

71.0%

Rank: 54 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Aug 2476.0%69.5%
Sep 2467.9%67.4%
Oct 2465.5%68.2%
Nov 2469.2%69.4%
Dec 2473.8%71.3%
Jan 2571.9%67.3%
Feb 2571.8%67.0%
Mar 2574.2%71.4%
Apr 2573.4%69.9%
May 2574.9%67.8%
Jun 2569.2%67.1%
Jul 2571.0%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

22.2%

Rank: 67 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Aug 2419.1%24.0%
Sep 2418.5%22.7%
Oct 2414.3%20.7%
Nov 2413.9%19.9%
Dec 2413.2%22.8%
Jan 2512.5%22.4%
Feb 258.8%17.5%
Mar 259.3%18.4%
Apr 2514.5%21.2%
May 2517.1%22.0%
Jun 2517.3%21.3%
Jul 2522.2%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: 39 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Sep 2478.1%74.2%
Oct 2476.7%73.1%
Nov 2477.3%72.2%
Dec 2475.2%71.1%
Jan 2575.4%73.0%
Feb 2574.8%73.5%
Mar 2575.9%75.0%
Apr 2575.2%74.8%
May 2575.5%75.4%
Jun 2576.0%75.5%
Jul 2577.2%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

5.9%

Rank: 37 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Imperial College 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 Imperial College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthImperial CollegeNational Average
Sep 245.7%9.9%
Oct 247.0%11.2%
Nov 246.1%10.8%
Dec 247.1%12.1%
Jan 258.4%12.7%
Feb 257.4%11.3%
Mar 256.9%9.7%
Apr 256.7%10.1%
May 256.0%9.4%
Jun 258.0%8.9%
Jul 256.9%8.3%
Aug 255.9%8.9%
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