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Oxford University Hospitals 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

58.6%

Rank: 72 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Aug 2455.9%58.3%
Sep 2456.0%58.5%
Oct 2457.2%58.9%
Nov 2457.9%59.2%
Dec 2457.7%58.9%
Jan 2556.7%58.9%
Feb 2556.5%59.2%
Mar 2557.1%59.8%
Apr 2557.3%59.7%
May 2558.2%60.9%
Jun 2559.0%61.5%
Jul 2558.6%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: 90 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Aug 244.5%3.7%
Sep 244.1%3.3%
Oct 243.9%3.1%
Nov 243.9%3.0%
Dec 243.5%2.7%
Jan 253.4%2.7%
Feb 253.3%2.6%
Mar 253.0%2.4%
Apr 253.2%2.6%
May 253.2%2.7%
Jun 253.3%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

81.9%

Rank: 23 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Aug 2479.0%75.5%
Sep 2475.9%74.9%
Oct 2477.4%77.1%
Nov 2476.8%77.4%
Dec 2477.0%78.1%
Jan 2575.3%73.4%
Feb 2579.2%80.2%
Mar 2579.1%78.9%
Apr 2576.2%76.7%
May 2576.6%74.8%
Jun 2577.0%76.8%
Jul 2581.9%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

61.9%

Rank: 100 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Aug 2462.4%69.5%
Sep 2463.0%67.4%
Oct 2463.2%68.2%
Nov 2459.6%69.4%
Dec 2462.8%71.3%
Jan 2556.5%67.3%
Feb 2555.0%67.0%
Mar 2560.7%71.4%
Apr 2556.4%69.9%
May 2551.5%67.8%
Jun 2561.8%67.1%
Jul 2561.9%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

21.2%

Rank: 65 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Aug 2423.7%24.0%
Sep 2424.2%22.7%
Oct 2421.1%20.7%
Nov 2422.1%19.9%
Dec 2427.6%22.8%
Jan 2528.5%22.4%
Feb 2523.5%17.5%
Mar 2523.7%18.4%
Apr 2522.0%21.2%
May 2521.1%22.0%
Jun 2519.1%21.3%
Jul 2521.2%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

80.1%

Rank: 16 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Sep 2473.1%74.2%
Oct 2469.0%73.1%
Nov 2468.8%72.2%
Dec 2466.7%71.1%
Jan 2572.7%73.0%
Feb 2570.8%73.5%
Mar 2568.4%75.0%
Apr 2575.5%74.8%
May 2575.8%75.4%
Jun 2580.0%75.5%
Jul 2582.1%76.4%
Aug 2580.1%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

0.7%

Rank: 4 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Oxford 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 Oxford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthOxford National Average
Sep 244.4%9.9%
Oct 244.9%11.2%
Nov 245.7%10.8%
Dec 246.0%12.1%
Jan 255.8%12.7%
Feb 255.1%11.3%
Mar 254.2%9.7%
Apr 253.2%10.1%
May 253.5%9.4%
Jun 252.2%8.9%
Jul 250.7%8.3%
Aug 250.7%8.9%
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