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Northampton General Hospital 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

62.9%

Rank: 46 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Aug 2463.1%58.3%
Sep 2463.0%58.5%
Oct 2462.6%58.9%
Nov 2462.5%59.2%
Dec 2461.3%58.9%
Jan 2562.0%58.9%
Feb 2562.4%59.2%
Mar 2561.9%59.8%
Apr 2562.0%59.7%
May 2561.7%60.9%
Jun 2562.5%61.5%
Jul 2562.9%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

1.4%

Rank: 29 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Aug 242.8%3.7%
Sep 242.6%3.3%
Oct 242.3%3.1%
Nov 242.1%3.0%
Dec 242.1%2.7%
Jan 251.8%2.7%
Feb 251.8%2.6%
Mar 251.8%2.4%
Apr 251.7%2.6%
May 251.4%2.7%
Jun 251.3%2.6%
Jul 251.4%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

81.3%

Rank: 30 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Aug 2487.8%75.5%
Sep 2486.8%74.9%
Oct 2488.8%77.1%
Nov 2487.3%77.4%
Dec 2487.6%78.1%
Jan 2583.3%73.4%
Feb 2588.6%80.2%
Mar 2589.3%78.9%
Apr 2583.0%76.7%
May 2579.8%74.8%
Jun 2583.7%76.8%
Jul 2581.3%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

68.0%

Rank: 75 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Aug 2474.0%69.5%
Sep 2468.1%67.4%
Oct 2466.3%68.2%
Nov 2472.1%69.4%
Dec 2467.0%71.3%
Jan 2571.9%67.3%
Feb 2564.5%67.0%
Mar 2566.0%71.4%
Apr 2567.8%69.9%
May 2567.9%67.8%
Jun 2563.4%67.1%
Jul 2568.0%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

25.0%

Rank: 75 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Aug 242.6%24.0%
Sep 241.9%22.7%
Oct 241.7%20.7%
Nov 243.1%19.9%
Dec 247.4%22.8%
Jan 2510.5%22.4%
Feb 2511.1%17.5%
Mar 259.0%18.4%
Apr 2514.3%21.2%
May 2517.9%22.0%
Jun 2521.0%21.3%
Jul 2525.0%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

64.7%

Rank: 101 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Sep 2471.6%74.2%
Oct 2469.7%73.1%
Nov 2462.7%72.2%
Dec 2464.4%71.1%
Jan 2567.8%73.0%
Feb 2566.4%73.5%
Mar 2565.8%75.0%
Apr 2566.0%74.8%
May 2566.4%75.4%
Jun 2567.9%75.5%
Jul 2558.8%76.4%
Aug 2564.7%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

13.5%

Rank: 91 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Northampton General 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 Northampton General - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNorthampton General National Average
Sep 2413.5%9.9%
Oct 2414.3%11.2%
Nov 2415.3%10.8%
Dec 2416.4%12.1%
Jan 2517.6%12.7%
Feb 2515.3%11.3%
Mar 2515.6%9.7%
Apr 2515.9%10.1%
May 2514.9%9.4%
Jun 2514.7%8.9%
Jul 2514.1%8.3%
Aug 2513.5%8.9%
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