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Mid And South Essex 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

49.7%

Rank: 118 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Aug 2451.3%58.3%
Sep 2451.8%58.5%
Oct 2452.1%58.9%
Nov 2452.8%59.2%
Dec 2451.6%58.9%
Jan 2550.7%58.9%
Feb 2550.9%59.2%
Mar 2549.2%59.8%
Apr 2547.0%59.7%
May 2550.4%60.9%
Jun 2550.4%61.5%
Jul 2549.7%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

7.2%

Rank: 117 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Aug 245.2%3.7%
Sep 244.9%3.3%
Oct 245.5%3.1%
Nov 245.5%3.0%
Dec 245.2%2.7%
Jan 255.4%2.7%
Feb 255.8%2.6%
Mar 255.9%2.4%
Apr 256.3%2.6%
May 256.8%2.7%
Jun 256.8%2.6%
Jul 257.2%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

64.9%

Rank: 114 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Aug 2470.2%75.5%
Sep 2468.5%74.9%
Oct 2472.6%77.1%
Nov 2467.2%77.4%
Dec 2468.4%78.1%
Jan 2560.1%73.4%
Feb 2568.1%80.2%
Mar 2565.5%78.9%
Apr 2562.1%76.7%
May 2558.8%74.8%
Jun 2556.9%76.8%
Jul 2564.9%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

46.1%

Rank: 119 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Aug 2450.2%69.5%
Sep 2442.6%67.4%
Oct 2441.3%68.2%
Nov 2446.1%69.4%
Dec 2453.0%71.3%
Jan 2543.5%67.3%
Feb 2535.0%67.0%
Mar 2546.8%71.4%
Apr 2545.0%69.9%
May 2542.3%67.8%
Jun 2539.6%67.1%
Jul 2546.1%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

28.3%

Rank: 90 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Aug 2434.5%24.0%
Sep 2432.5%22.7%
Oct 2431.1%20.7%
Nov 2428.0%19.9%
Dec 2433.0%22.8%
Jan 2528.4%22.4%
Feb 2524.4%17.5%
Mar 2524.2%18.4%
Apr 2530.1%21.2%
May 2531.6%22.0%
Jun 2529.9%21.3%
Jul 2528.3%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

75.7%

Rank: 43 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Sep 2471.8%74.2%
Oct 2470.4%73.1%
Nov 2470.1%72.2%
Dec 2464.3%71.1%
Jan 2565.6%73.0%
Feb 2567.3%73.5%
Mar 2566.8%75.0%
Apr 2566.9%74.8%
May 2570.5%75.4%
Jun 2575.4%75.5%
Jul 2576.6%76.4%
Aug 2575.7%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

6.8%

Rank: 41 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Mid and South Essex 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 Mid and South Essex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMid and South Essex National Average
Sep 2410.0%9.9%
Oct 249.3%11.2%
Nov 248.6%10.8%
Dec 2410.8%12.1%
Jan 2511.9%12.7%
Feb 2510.0%11.3%
Mar 259.4%9.7%
Apr 2510.1%10.1%
May 258.1%9.4%
Jun 256.6%8.9%
Jul 256.5%8.3%
Aug 256.8%8.9%
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