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Milton Keynes University Hospital 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

50.0%

Rank: 117 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Aug 2438.0%58.3%
Sep 2443.8%58.5%
Oct 2443.6%58.9%
Nov 2443.8%59.2%
Dec 2444.0%58.9%
Jan 2544.7%58.9%
Feb 2546.0%59.2%
Mar 2547.8%59.8%
Apr 2546.8%59.7%
May 2549.1%60.9%
Jun 2550.7%61.5%
Jul 2550.0%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

5.6%

Rank: 116 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Aug 2411.4%3.7%
Sep 248.2%3.3%
Oct 247.6%3.1%
Nov 246.9%3.0%
Dec 245.8%2.7%
Jan 255.6%2.7%
Feb 255.5%2.6%
Mar 254.7%2.4%
Apr 254.9%2.6%
May 255.1%2.7%
Jun 255.0%2.6%
Jul 255.6%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

77.6%

Rank: 61 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Aug 2475.2%75.5%
Sep 2470.5%74.9%
Oct 2478.0%77.1%
Nov 2475.8%77.4%
Dec 2475.3%78.1%
Jan 2567.3%73.4%
Feb 2579.1%80.2%
Mar 2578.6%78.9%
Apr 2576.4%76.7%
May 2571.5%74.8%
Jun 2577.3%76.8%
Jul 2577.6%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

64.0%

Rank: 93 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Aug 2462.9%69.5%
Sep 2461.2%67.4%
Oct 2465.2%68.2%
Nov 2465.3%69.4%
Dec 2465.7%71.3%
Jan 2565.0%67.3%
Feb 2563.6%67.0%
Mar 2567.3%71.4%
Apr 2565.8%69.9%
May 2561.6%67.8%
Jun 2566.5%67.1%
Jul 2564.0%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

24.6%

Rank: 73 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Aug 2449.5%24.0%
Sep 2446.6%22.7%
Oct 2445.0%20.7%
Nov 2441.9%19.9%
Dec 2443.6%22.8%
Jan 2542.3%22.4%
Feb 2535.7%17.5%
Mar 2531.3%18.4%
Apr 2533.0%21.2%
May 2532.6%22.0%
Jun 2526.1%21.3%
Jul 2524.6%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

72.6%

Rank: 67 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Sep 2473.0%74.2%
Oct 2473.8%73.1%
Nov 2472.8%72.2%
Dec 2468.0%71.1%
Jan 2572.4%73.0%
Feb 2573.5%73.5%
Mar 2574.5%75.0%
Apr 2580.3%74.8%
May 2576.0%75.4%
Jun 2576.2%75.5%
Jul 2577.3%76.4%
Aug 2572.6%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

7.1%

Rank: 44 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthMilton Keynes National Average
Sep 245.3%9.9%
Oct 246.3%11.2%
Nov 245.8%10.8%
Dec 247.8%12.1%
Jan 259.0%12.7%
Feb 256.7%11.3%
Mar 256.9%9.7%
Apr 254.0%10.1%
May 256.0%9.4%
Jun 255.9%8.9%
Jul 253.7%8.3%
Aug 257.1%8.9%
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