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Liverpool University 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

55.9%

Rank: 98 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Aug 2452.7%58.3%
Sep 2452.3%58.5%
Oct 2454.5%58.9%
Nov 2455.7%59.2%
Dec 2454.5%58.9%
Jan 2553.7%58.9%
Feb 2553.3%59.2%
Mar 2553.2%59.8%
Apr 2553.7%59.7%
May 2554.3%60.9%
Jun 2555.7%61.5%
Jul 2555.9%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

3.8%

Rank: 102 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Aug 243.9%3.7%
Sep 243.6%3.3%
Oct 243.0%3.1%
Nov 243.0%3.0%
Dec 243.0%2.7%
Jan 253.3%2.7%
Feb 253.4%2.6%
Mar 253.5%2.4%
Apr 254.3%2.6%
May 254.5%2.7%
Jun 254.2%2.6%
Jul 253.8%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

76.4%

Rank: 72 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Aug 2473.4%75.5%
Sep 2467.6%74.9%
Oct 2468.0%77.1%
Nov 2473.5%77.4%
Dec 2472.0%78.1%
Jan 2555.7%73.4%
Feb 2571.1%80.2%
Mar 2575.5%78.9%
Apr 2575.9%76.7%
May 2571.1%74.8%
Jun 2574.1%76.8%
Jul 2576.4%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

75.8%

Rank: 32 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Aug 2470.8%69.5%
Sep 2470.4%67.4%
Oct 2471.6%68.2%
Nov 2473.9%69.4%
Dec 2478.3%71.3%
Jan 2570.8%67.3%
Feb 2568.7%67.0%
Mar 2570.2%71.4%
Apr 2572.5%69.9%
May 2571.4%67.8%
Jun 2571.6%67.1%
Jul 2575.8%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

5.4%

Rank: 17 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Aug 243.7%24.0%
Sep 245.2%22.7%
Oct 244.9%20.7%
Nov 243.3%19.9%
Dec 248.0%22.8%
Jan 258.9%22.4%
Feb 256.6%17.5%
Mar 256.5%18.4%
Apr 257.3%21.2%
May 257.7%22.0%
Jun 255.9%21.3%
Jul 255.4%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

70.0%

Rank: 80 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Sep 2467.7%74.2%
Oct 2468.3%73.1%
Nov 2467.1%72.2%
Dec 2468.1%71.1%
Jan 2571.3%73.0%
Feb 2569.1%73.5%
Mar 2567.5%75.0%
Apr 2567.1%74.8%
May 2570.0%75.4%
Jun 2568.6%75.5%
Jul 2568.1%76.4%
Aug 2570.0%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

11.9%

Rank: 81 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Liverpool 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 Liverpool - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLiverpool National Average
Sep 2415.8%9.9%
Oct 2416.0%11.2%
Nov 2417.5%10.8%
Dec 2418.6%12.1%
Jan 2516.3%12.7%
Feb 2516.0%11.3%
Mar 2515.3%9.7%
Apr 2515.3%10.1%
May 2514.5%9.4%
Jun 2515.2%8.9%
Jul 2515.1%8.3%
Aug 2511.9%8.9%
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