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Medway 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

53.7%

Rank: 106 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Aug 2450.2%58.3%
Sep 2451.4%58.5%
Oct 2451.1%58.9%
Nov 2450.9%59.2%
Dec 2450.3%58.9%
Jan 2550.6%58.9%
Feb 2551.5%59.2%
Mar 2553.0%59.8%
Apr 2553.3%59.7%
May 2553.8%60.9%
Jun 2554.6%61.5%
Jul 2553.7%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

4.5%

Rank: 105 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Aug 245.9%3.7%
Sep 245.3%3.3%
Oct 245.0%3.1%
Nov 244.7%3.0%
Dec 244.3%2.7%
Jan 254.5%2.7%
Feb 254.4%2.6%
Mar 254.2%2.4%
Apr 254.3%2.6%
May 254.4%2.7%
Jun 254.3%2.6%
Jul 254.5%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

71.9%

Rank: 102 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Aug 2475.1%75.5%
Sep 2477.2%74.9%
Oct 2476.8%77.1%
Nov 2472.1%77.4%
Dec 2470.1%78.1%
Jan 2567.1%73.4%
Feb 2567.5%80.2%
Mar 2566.2%78.9%
Apr 2559.2%76.7%
May 2553.8%74.8%
Jun 2565.3%76.8%
Jul 2571.9%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

64.7%

Rank: 90 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Aug 2472.5%69.5%
Sep 2474.2%67.4%
Oct 2465.4%68.2%
Nov 2470.2%69.4%
Dec 2464.9%71.3%
Jan 2560.8%67.3%
Feb 2569.8%67.0%
Mar 2569.2%71.4%
Apr 2566.8%69.9%
May 2561.2%67.8%
Jun 2560.9%67.1%
Jul 2564.7%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

14.1%

Rank: 43 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Aug 2436.4%24.0%
Sep 2431.7%22.7%
Oct 2427.7%20.7%
Nov 2421.6%19.9%
Dec 2421.7%22.8%
Jan 2515.4%22.4%
Feb 2512.5%17.5%
Mar 257.7%18.4%
Apr 2512.3%21.2%
May 2513.5%22.0%
Jun 2513.0%21.3%
Jul 2514.1%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

73.3%

Rank: 64 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Sep 2478.3%74.2%
Oct 2478.8%73.1%
Nov 2477.3%72.2%
Dec 2473.8%71.1%
Jan 2575.8%73.0%
Feb 2577.6%73.5%
Mar 2577.4%75.0%
Apr 2577.9%74.8%
May 2579.4%75.4%
Jun 2577.6%75.5%
Jul 2576.3%76.4%
Aug 2573.3%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

12.5%

Rank: 83 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Medway 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 Medway - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMedway National Average
Sep 2414.7%9.9%
Oct 2413.0%11.2%
Nov 2413.1%10.8%
Dec 2415.2%12.1%
Jan 2515.9%12.7%
Feb 2514.2%11.3%
Mar 2513.2%9.7%
Apr 2510.6%10.1%
May 2510.6%9.4%
Jun 2510.1%8.9%
Jul 2511.5%8.3%
Aug 2512.5%8.9%
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