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Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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

63.6%

Rank: 37 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Aug 2458.5%58.3%
Sep 2457.8%58.5%
Oct 2458.6%58.9%
Nov 2458.7%59.2%
Dec 2459.9%58.9%
Jan 2560.7%58.9%
Feb 2563.1%59.2%
Mar 2564.6%59.8%
Apr 2564.2%59.7%
May 2564.7%60.9%
Jun 2564.8%61.5%
Jul 2563.6%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

2.6%

Rank: 70 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Aug 243.3%3.7%
Sep 243.0%3.3%
Oct 242.8%3.1%
Nov 242.7%3.0%
Dec 242.7%2.7%
Jan 252.9%2.7%
Feb 252.7%2.6%
Mar 252.5%2.4%
Apr 252.7%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.6%2.6%
Jul 252.6%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

63.4%

Rank: 115 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Aug 2474.4%75.5%
Sep 2470.9%74.9%
Oct 2475.0%77.1%
Nov 2475.0%77.4%
Dec 2478.2%78.1%
Jan 2573.6%73.4%
Feb 2577.8%80.2%
Mar 2574.0%78.9%
Apr 2568.2%76.7%
May 2565.6%74.8%
Jun 2568.3%76.8%
Jul 2563.4%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

78.8%

Rank: 18 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Aug 2480.5%69.5%
Sep 2478.1%67.4%
Oct 2475.2%68.2%
Nov 2480.1%69.4%
Dec 2475.7%71.3%
Jan 2582.1%67.3%
Feb 2582.4%67.0%
Mar 2585.7%71.4%
Apr 2580.9%69.9%
May 2579.9%67.8%
Jun 2575.5%67.1%
Jul 2578.8%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

11.2%

Rank: 29 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Aug 244.0%24.0%
Sep 243.2%22.7%
Oct 243.3%20.7%
Nov 243.0%19.9%
Dec 245.3%22.8%
Jan 256.4%22.4%
Feb 252.5%17.5%
Mar 256.9%18.4%
Apr 2512.7%21.2%
May 2514.7%22.0%
Jun 2513.1%21.3%
Jul 2511.2%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

72.9%

Rank: 65 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Sep 2474.3%74.2%
Oct 2472.6%73.1%
Nov 2473.3%72.2%
Dec 2471.4%71.1%
Jan 2573.1%73.0%
Feb 2574.3%73.5%
Mar 2574.3%75.0%
Apr 2574.6%74.8%
May 2574.4%75.4%
Jun 2573.9%75.5%
Jul 2573.7%76.4%
Aug 2572.9%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

19.0%

Rank: 108 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Mersey and West 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 Mersey and West Lancashire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMersey and West LancashireNational Average
Sep 2417.2%9.9%
Oct 2417.9%11.2%
Nov 2417.4%10.8%
Dec 2418.7%12.1%
Jan 2518.8%12.7%
Feb 2518.3%11.3%
Mar 2517.8%9.7%
Apr 2516.6%10.1%
May 2516.4%9.4%
Jun 2516.7%8.9%
Jul 2517.0%8.3%
Aug 2519.0%8.9%
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