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Lancashire Teaching 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

54.5%

Rank: 104 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Aug 2457.2%58.3%
Sep 2457.3%58.5%
Oct 2457.6%58.9%
Nov 2457.5%59.2%
Dec 2456.7%58.9%
Jan 2556.3%58.9%
Feb 2555.5%59.2%
Mar 2555.7%59.8%
Apr 2554.8%59.7%
May 2555.3%60.9%
Jun 2554.9%61.5%
Jul 2554.5%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

3.2%

Rank: 85 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Aug 243.6%3.7%
Sep 243.0%3.3%
Oct 242.8%3.1%
Nov 242.7%3.0%
Dec 242.5%2.7%
Jan 252.6%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.2%2.4%
Apr 252.7%2.6%
May 252.9%2.7%
Jun 253.3%2.6%
Jul 253.2%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

79.9%

Rank: 42 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Aug 2476.8%75.5%
Sep 2476.4%74.9%
Oct 2482.4%77.1%
Nov 2479.1%77.4%
Dec 2480.7%78.1%
Jan 2578.3%73.4%
Feb 2583.0%80.2%
Mar 2582.2%78.9%
Apr 2577.8%76.7%
May 2580.7%74.8%
Jun 2583.5%76.8%
Jul 2579.9%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

67.4%

Rank: 77 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Aug 2461.3%69.5%
Sep 2462.6%67.4%
Oct 2467.5%68.2%
Nov 2470.8%69.4%
Dec 2468.4%71.3%
Jan 2563.3%67.3%
Feb 2557.7%67.0%
Mar 2558.6%71.4%
Apr 2553.1%69.9%
May 2559.3%67.8%
Jun 2557.2%67.1%
Jul 2567.4%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

37.5%

Rank: 107 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Aug 2452.3%24.0%
Sep 2450.8%22.7%
Oct 2453.3%20.7%
Nov 2450.1%19.9%
Dec 2452.6%22.8%
Jan 2550.3%22.4%
Feb 2542.3%17.5%
Mar 2541.8%18.4%
Apr 2536.8%21.2%
May 2538.0%22.0%
Jun 2539.6%21.3%
Jul 2537.5%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

69.3%

Rank: 86 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Sep 2470.3%74.2%
Oct 2470.0%73.1%
Nov 2469.9%72.2%
Dec 2470.5%71.1%
Jan 2568.5%73.0%
Feb 2567.9%73.5%
Mar 2569.1%75.0%
Apr 2570.6%74.8%
May 2571.0%75.4%
Jun 2569.9%75.5%
Jul 2571.8%76.4%
Aug 2569.3%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

14.2%

Rank: 98 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Lancashire 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 Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLancashireNational Average
Sep 2413.0%9.9%
Oct 2413.4%11.2%
Nov 2412.2%10.8%
Dec 2414.2%12.1%
Jan 2516.7%12.7%
Feb 2516.5%11.3%
Mar 2513.5%9.7%
Apr 2514.0%10.1%
May 2513.8%9.4%
Jun 2514.2%8.9%
Jul 2512.3%8.3%
Aug 2514.2%8.9%
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