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North West Anglia 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

57.2%

Rank: 84 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Aug 2451.4%58.3%
Sep 2452.5%58.5%
Oct 2452.7%58.9%
Nov 2452.3%59.2%
Dec 2452.3%58.9%
Jan 2552.3%58.9%
Feb 2552.9%59.2%
Mar 2552.9%59.8%
Apr 2552.8%59.7%
May 2553.3%60.9%
Jun 2554.2%61.5%
Jul 2557.2%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

2.0%

Rank: 49 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Aug 245.1%3.7%
Sep 244.0%3.3%
Oct 244.4%3.1%
Nov 244.3%3.0%
Dec 243.8%2.7%
Jan 253.5%2.7%
Feb 253.2%2.6%
Mar 253.4%2.4%
Apr 253.8%2.6%
May 254.0%2.7%
Jun 253.4%2.6%
Jul 252.0%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

82.1%

Rank: 20 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Aug 2475.3%75.5%
Sep 2474.6%74.9%
Oct 2478.5%77.1%
Nov 2477.7%77.4%
Dec 2479.7%78.1%
Jan 2575.4%73.4%
Feb 2582.9%80.2%
Mar 2578.9%78.9%
Apr 2579.9%76.7%
May 2578.4%74.8%
Jun 2580.6%76.8%
Jul 2582.1%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

68.8%

Rank: 71 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Aug 2469.3%69.5%
Sep 2473.4%67.4%
Oct 2466.3%68.2%
Nov 2468.0%69.4%
Dec 2473.6%71.3%
Jan 2570.7%67.3%
Feb 2568.7%67.0%
Mar 2570.0%71.4%
Apr 2577.9%69.9%
May 2573.8%67.8%
Jun 2567.0%67.1%
Jul 2568.8%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

41.6%

Rank: 109 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Aug 2437.6%24.0%
Sep 2435.6%22.7%
Oct 2429.7%20.7%
Nov 2423.0%19.9%
Dec 2424.7%22.8%
Jan 2523.6%22.4%
Feb 2517.4%17.5%
Mar 2518.7%18.4%
Apr 2528.2%21.2%
May 2536.9%22.0%
Jun 2538.0%21.3%
Jul 2541.6%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

70.1%

Rank: 79 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Sep 2470.9%74.2%
Oct 2466.7%73.1%
Nov 2465.2%72.2%
Dec 2461.5%71.1%
Jan 2566.8%73.0%
Feb 2566.4%73.5%
Mar 2567.1%75.0%
Apr 2568.7%74.8%
May 2567.5%75.4%
Jun 2572.2%75.5%
Jul 2575.7%76.4%
Aug 2570.1%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

11.5%

Rank: 76 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for North West Anglia 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 West Anglia - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorth West Anglia National Average
Sep 2411.0%9.9%
Oct 2412.1%11.2%
Nov 2412.0%10.8%
Dec 2411.4%12.1%
Jan 2513.7%12.7%
Feb 2512.5%11.3%
Mar 2511.7%9.7%
Apr 2512.4%10.1%
May 2513.1%9.4%
Jun 259.6%8.9%
Jul 259.7%8.3%
Aug 2511.5%8.9%
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