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King's College Hospital 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

60.7%

Rank: 59 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Aug 2458.0%58.3%
Sep 2458.4%58.5%
Oct 2459.8%58.9%
Nov 2459.8%59.2%
Dec 2460.0%58.9%
Jan 2563.3%58.9%
Feb 2564.1%59.2%
Mar 2564.0%59.8%
Apr 2562.3%59.7%
May 2562.2%60.9%
Jun 2563.2%61.5%
Jul 2560.7%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: 64 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Aug 244.7%3.7%
Sep 244.3%3.3%
Oct 243.6%3.1%
Nov 243.4%3.0%
Dec 242.5%2.7%
Jan 252.0%2.7%
Feb 251.8%2.6%
Mar 251.4%2.4%
Apr 251.5%2.6%
May 251.9%2.7%
Jun 252.0%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

74.9%

Rank: 83 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Aug 2480.8%75.5%
Sep 2479.4%74.9%
Oct 2480.3%77.1%
Nov 2478.2%77.4%
Dec 2477.6%78.1%
Jan 2570.3%73.4%
Feb 2579.2%80.2%
Mar 2578.8%78.9%
Apr 2575.5%76.7%
May 2574.2%74.8%
Jun 2575.8%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

60.5%

Rank: 105 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Aug 2470.8%69.5%
Sep 2464.0%67.4%
Oct 2465.9%68.2%
Nov 2474.8%69.4%
Dec 2473.6%71.3%
Jan 2564.3%67.3%
Feb 2566.8%67.0%
Mar 2569.8%71.4%
Apr 2573.6%69.9%
May 2564.5%67.8%
Jun 2569.1%67.1%
Jul 2560.5%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

49.8%

Rank: 115 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Aug 2447.5%24.0%
Sep 2446.1%22.7%
Oct 2445.8%20.7%
Nov 2445.3%19.9%
Dec 2450.5%22.8%
Jan 2550.3%22.4%
Feb 2545.1%17.5%
Mar 2545.1%18.4%
Apr 2547.5%21.2%
May 2549.2%22.0%
Jun 2549.4%21.3%
Jul 2549.8%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

74.0%

Rank: 58 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Sep 2472.5%74.2%
Oct 2469.3%73.1%
Nov 2471.3%72.2%
Dec 2471.9%71.1%
Jan 2569.9%73.0%
Feb 2570.9%73.5%
Mar 2572.2%75.0%
Apr 2573.1%74.8%
May 2573.6%75.4%
Jun 2571.6%75.5%
Jul 2572.9%76.4%
Aug 2574.0%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

10.1%

Rank: 67 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for King's 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 King's College - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthKing's College National Average
Sep 2412.4%9.9%
Oct 2414.7%11.2%
Nov 2414.2%10.8%
Dec 2415.6%12.1%
Jan 2517.1%12.7%
Feb 2515.9%11.3%
Mar 2513.6%9.7%
Apr 2512.3%10.1%
May 2513.0%9.4%
Jun 2514.3%8.9%
Jul 2511.0%8.3%
Aug 2510.1%8.9%
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