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North Bristol 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

65.8%

Rank: 26 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Aug 2463.9%58.3%
Sep 2465.0%58.5%
Oct 2466.3%58.9%
Nov 2466.7%59.2%
Dec 2466.1%58.9%
Jan 2565.5%58.9%
Feb 2565.4%59.2%
Mar 2565.1%59.8%
Apr 2563.2%59.7%
May 2564.6%60.9%
Jun 2566.1%61.5%
Jul 2565.8%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

0.4%

Rank: 11 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Aug 242.4%3.7%
Sep 242.0%3.3%
Oct 241.7%3.1%
Nov 241.4%3.0%
Dec 241.0%2.7%
Jan 251.0%2.7%
Feb 250.8%2.6%
Mar 250.3%2.4%
Apr 250.5%2.6%
May 250.5%2.7%
Jun 250.4%2.6%
Jul 250.4%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

78.6%

Rank: 48 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Aug 2477.9%75.5%
Sep 2476.7%74.9%
Oct 2475.7%77.1%
Nov 2481.0%77.4%
Dec 2481.9%78.1%
Jan 2576.2%73.4%
Feb 2582.4%80.2%
Mar 2582.9%78.9%
Apr 2577.2%76.7%
May 2575.0%74.8%
Jun 2578.2%76.8%
Jul 2578.6%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

67.1%

Rank: 80 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Aug 2469.1%69.5%
Sep 2460.7%67.4%
Oct 2468.0%68.2%
Nov 2470.2%69.4%
Dec 2474.5%71.3%
Jan 2566.6%67.3%
Feb 2559.1%67.0%
Mar 2564.8%71.4%
Apr 2566.9%69.9%
May 2562.9%67.8%
Jun 2564.8%67.1%
Jul 2567.1%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

0.5%

Rank: 1 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Aug 241.1%24.0%
Sep 240.8%22.7%
Oct 240.8%20.7%
Nov 240.8%19.9%
Dec 240.8%22.8%
Jan 250.9%22.4%
Feb 250.6%17.5%
Mar 250.6%18.4%
Apr 250.8%21.2%
May 251.0%22.0%
Jun 251.0%21.3%
Jul 250.5%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

67.4%

Rank: 93 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Sep 2458.3%74.2%
Oct 2458.7%73.1%
Nov 2455.2%72.2%
Dec 2458.3%71.1%
Jan 2559.8%73.0%
Feb 2559.4%73.5%
Mar 2561.3%75.0%
Apr 2560.6%74.8%
May 2563.5%75.4%
Jun 2562.2%75.5%
Jul 2563.7%76.4%
Aug 2567.4%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

5.6%

Rank: 34 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for North Bristol 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 North Bristol - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth Bristol National Average
Sep 2410.1%9.9%
Oct 249.6%11.2%
Nov 2411.6%10.8%
Dec 248.5%12.1%
Jan 2512.1%12.7%
Feb 2512.1%11.3%
Mar 2510.3%9.7%
Apr 259.7%10.1%
May 259.4%9.4%
Jun 258.3%8.9%
Jul 256.7%8.3%
Aug 255.6%8.9%
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