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Manchester University 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

53.3%

Rank: 111 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Aug 2448.0%58.3%
Sep 2448.3%58.5%
Oct 2448.3%58.9%
Nov 2448.2%59.2%
Dec 2448.3%58.9%
Jan 2549.6%58.9%
Feb 2550.4%59.2%
Mar 2551.4%59.8%
Apr 2551.0%59.7%
May 2552.4%60.9%
Jun 2553.2%61.5%
Jul 2553.3%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: 101 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Aug 245.5%3.7%
Sep 245.0%3.3%
Oct 244.8%3.1%
Nov 245.0%3.0%
Dec 244.6%2.7%
Jan 254.5%2.7%
Feb 254.6%2.6%
Mar 254.4%2.4%
Apr 254.4%2.6%
May 254.3%2.7%
Jun 254.0%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

75.2%

Rank: 81 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Aug 2476.3%75.5%
Sep 2476.0%74.9%
Oct 2476.2%77.1%
Nov 2477.8%77.4%
Dec 2474.7%78.1%
Jan 2570.2%73.4%
Feb 2576.2%80.2%
Mar 2576.0%78.9%
Apr 2576.3%76.7%
May 2575.2%74.8%
Jun 2578.4%76.8%
Jul 2575.2%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

61.1%

Rank: 101 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Aug 2457.2%69.5%
Sep 2453.5%67.4%
Oct 2458.2%68.2%
Nov 2462.2%69.4%
Dec 2459.1%71.3%
Jan 2560.1%67.3%
Feb 2558.6%67.0%
Mar 2563.3%71.4%
Apr 2564.9%69.9%
May 2565.5%67.8%
Jun 2561.2%67.1%
Jul 2561.1%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

12.7%

Rank: 37 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Aug 2426.1%24.0%
Sep 2422.1%22.7%
Oct 2418.5%20.7%
Nov 2417.7%19.9%
Dec 2422.2%22.8%
Jan 2525.4%22.4%
Feb 2514.2%17.5%
Mar 2511.7%18.4%
Apr 2513.2%21.2%
May 2514.2%22.0%
Jun 2513.3%21.3%
Jul 2512.7%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

72.2%

Rank: 69 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Sep 2469.7%74.2%
Oct 2468.2%73.1%
Nov 2464.0%72.2%
Dec 2464.8%71.1%
Jan 2567.3%73.0%
Feb 2569.5%73.5%
Mar 2573.9%75.0%
Apr 2570.5%74.8%
May 2571.4%75.4%
Jun 2571.3%75.5%
Jul 2574.3%76.4%
Aug 2572.2%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

4.7%

Rank: 26 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Manchester 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 Manchester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthManchester National Average
Sep 247.2%9.9%
Oct 247.0%11.2%
Nov 248.0%10.8%
Dec 249.7%12.1%
Jan 259.9%12.7%
Feb 257.1%11.3%
Mar 254.2%9.7%
Apr 255.6%10.1%
May 254.2%9.4%
Jun 254.5%8.9%
Jul 253.2%8.3%
Aug 254.7%8.9%
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