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North Cumbria Integrated Care 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

55.9%

Rank: 97 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Aug 2459.5%58.3%
Sep 2458.6%58.5%
Oct 2457.8%58.9%
Nov 2456.9%59.2%
Dec 2456.5%58.9%
Jan 2556.1%58.9%
Feb 2556.3%59.2%
Mar 2557.0%59.8%
Apr 2556.5%59.7%
May 2556.6%60.9%
Jun 2556.6%61.5%
Jul 2555.9%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

3.2%

Rank: 89 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Aug 242.6%3.7%
Sep 242.4%3.3%
Oct 242.2%3.1%
Nov 242.2%3.0%
Dec 242.3%2.7%
Jan 252.5%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.3%2.4%
Apr 252.4%2.6%
May 252.9%2.7%
Jun 252.9%2.6%
Jul 253.2%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

56.8%

Rank: 118 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Aug 2467.4%75.5%
Sep 2466.8%74.9%
Oct 2475.4%77.1%
Nov 2469.0%77.4%
Dec 2477.2%78.1%
Jan 2568.4%73.4%
Feb 2575.8%80.2%
Mar 2571.7%78.9%
Apr 2571.0%76.7%
May 2563.6%74.8%
Jun 2562.3%76.8%
Jul 2556.8%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

58.7%

Rank: 107 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Aug 2465.7%69.5%
Sep 2474.8%67.4%
Oct 2476.0%68.2%
Nov 2475.3%69.4%
Dec 2480.7%71.3%
Jan 2570.4%67.3%
Feb 2563.8%67.0%
Mar 2574.0%71.4%
Apr 2560.4%69.9%
May 2550.9%67.8%
Jun 2557.4%67.1%
Jul 2558.7%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

18.7%

Rank: 59 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Aug 2415.9%24.0%
Sep 2415.1%22.7%
Oct 2410.2%20.7%
Nov 248.3%19.9%
Dec 248.0%22.8%
Jan 257.4%22.4%
Feb 257.2%17.5%
Mar 259.0%18.4%
Apr 256.1%21.2%
May 2511.5%22.0%
Jun 2514.0%21.3%
Jul 2518.7%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

67.0%

Rank: 96 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Sep 2460.4%74.2%
Oct 2461.3%73.1%
Nov 2463.1%72.2%
Dec 2463.0%71.1%
Jan 2558.9%73.0%
Feb 2561.1%73.5%
Mar 2564.3%75.0%
Apr 2564.0%74.8%
May 2566.7%75.4%
Jun 2563.6%75.5%
Jul 2565.9%76.4%
Aug 2567.0%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

8.1%

Rank: 55 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for North Cumbria 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 Cumbria - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth CumbriaNational Average
Sep 2414.5%9.9%
Oct 2414.7%11.2%
Nov 2410.2%10.8%
Dec 249.8%12.1%
Jan 2514.7%12.7%
Feb 2512.3%11.3%
Mar 2510.2%9.7%
Apr 2510.7%10.1%
May 259.1%9.4%
Jun 2510.2%8.9%
Jul 259.1%8.3%
Aug 258.1%8.9%
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