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Lewisham And Greenwich 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

60.5%

Rank: 60 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Aug 2455.2%58.3%
Sep 2456.0%58.5%
Oct 2455.9%58.9%
Nov 2456.4%59.2%
Dec 2457.3%58.9%
Jan 2557.1%58.9%
Feb 2556.8%59.2%
Mar 2557.3%59.8%
Apr 2555.8%59.7%
May 2554.9%60.9%
Jun 2558.4%61.5%
Jul 2560.5%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

3.6%

Rank: 95 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Aug 244.7%3.7%
Sep 244.6%3.3%
Oct 244.6%3.1%
Nov 244.2%3.0%
Dec 243.8%2.7%
Jan 254.2%2.7%
Feb 254.1%2.6%
Mar 254.4%2.4%
Apr 254.9%2.6%
May 254.8%2.7%
Jun 254.0%2.6%
Jul 253.6%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

78.3%

Rank: 54 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Aug 2469.7%75.5%
Sep 2471.5%74.9%
Oct 2470.5%77.1%
Nov 2472.9%77.4%
Dec 2473.3%78.1%
Jan 2567.2%73.4%
Feb 2575.5%80.2%
Mar 2577.4%78.9%
Apr 2576.0%76.7%
May 2575.8%74.8%
Jun 2576.2%76.8%
Jul 2578.3%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

60.8%

Rank: 103 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Aug 2455.4%69.5%
Sep 2455.2%67.4%
Oct 2463.9%68.2%
Nov 2470.7%69.4%
Dec 2470.2%71.3%
Jan 2568.6%67.3%
Feb 2565.1%67.0%
Mar 2555.9%71.4%
Apr 2565.7%69.9%
May 2562.8%67.8%
Jun 2556.7%67.1%
Jul 2560.8%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

14.3%

Rank: 45 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Aug 242.9%24.0%
Sep 243.2%22.7%
Oct 243.7%20.7%
Nov 2410.8%19.9%
Dec 2415.9%22.8%
Jan 2516.5%22.4%
Feb 2515.1%17.5%
Mar 2520.1%18.4%
Apr 2527.3%21.2%
May 2529.7%22.0%
Jun 2515.6%21.3%
Jul 2514.3%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: 92 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Sep 2464.4%74.2%
Oct 2464.1%73.1%
Nov 2464.6%72.2%
Dec 2464.1%71.1%
Jan 2564.9%73.0%
Feb 2565.7%73.5%
Mar 2565.7%75.0%
Apr 2565.5%74.8%
May 2567.8%75.4%
Jun 2568.5%75.5%
Jul 2569.8%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

13.0%

Rank: 85 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Lewisham and Greenwich 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 Lewisham and Greenwich - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLewisham and Greenwich National Average
Sep 2414.7%9.9%
Oct 2415.9%11.2%
Nov 2414.9%10.8%
Dec 2415.4%12.1%
Jan 2514.8%12.7%
Feb 2515.2%11.3%
Mar 2513.0%9.7%
Apr 2514.0%10.1%
May 2513.3%9.4%
Jun 2512.7%8.9%
Jul 2511.7%8.3%
Aug 2513.0%8.9%
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