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Portsmouth Hospitals University 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

57.0%

Rank: 88 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Aug 2453.6%58.3%
Sep 2454.6%58.5%
Oct 2454.1%58.9%
Nov 2454.4%59.2%
Dec 2454.0%58.9%
Jan 2553.3%58.9%
Feb 2553.2%59.2%
Mar 2553.7%59.8%
Apr 2552.9%59.7%
May 2555.9%60.9%
Jun 2556.7%61.5%
Jul 2557.0%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

3.9%

Rank: 103 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Aug 245.9%3.7%
Sep 244.6%3.3%
Oct 244.3%3.1%
Nov 244.3%3.0%
Dec 243.9%2.7%
Jan 253.8%2.7%
Feb 253.3%2.6%
Mar 253.3%2.4%
Apr 254.6%2.6%
May 254.5%2.7%
Jun 254.0%2.6%
Jul 253.9%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

75.4%

Rank: 79 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Aug 2477.5%75.5%
Sep 2478.3%74.9%
Oct 2478.7%77.1%
Nov 2477.6%77.4%
Dec 2477.5%78.1%
Jan 2572.4%73.4%
Feb 2580.1%80.2%
Mar 2578.1%78.9%
Apr 2578.2%76.7%
May 2576.0%74.8%
Jun 2577.4%76.8%
Jul 2575.4%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

72.0%

Rank: 48 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Aug 2472.2%69.5%
Sep 2473.4%67.4%
Oct 2480.4%68.2%
Nov 2480.1%69.4%
Dec 2473.1%71.3%
Jan 2576.6%67.3%
Feb 2574.8%67.0%
Mar 2573.7%71.4%
Apr 2574.0%69.9%
May 2573.7%67.8%
Jun 2570.2%67.1%
Jul 2572.0%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

49.3%

Rank: 114 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Aug 2440.7%24.0%
Sep 2439.4%22.7%
Oct 2445.2%20.7%
Nov 2447.9%19.9%
Dec 2449.0%22.8%
Jan 2547.1%22.4%
Feb 2542.3%17.5%
Mar 2540.6%18.4%
Apr 2542.5%21.2%
May 2539.4%22.0%
Jun 2547.8%21.3%
Jul 2549.3%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

72.1%

Rank: 71 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Sep 2463.8%74.2%
Oct 2462.2%73.1%
Nov 2463.6%72.2%
Dec 2463.6%71.1%
Jan 2565.6%73.0%
Feb 2568.6%73.5%
Mar 2570.0%75.0%
Apr 2570.0%74.8%
May 2572.9%75.4%
Jun 2574.8%75.5%
Jul 2575.5%76.4%
Aug 2572.1%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

13.2%

Rank: 87 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPortsmouth National Average
Sep 2418.6%9.9%
Oct 2416.7%11.2%
Nov 2416.4%10.8%
Dec 2416.6%12.1%
Jan 2517.9%12.7%
Feb 2516.6%11.3%
Mar 2516.2%9.7%
Apr 2517.6%10.1%
May 2515.9%9.4%
Jun 2511.7%8.9%
Jul 2512.1%8.3%
Aug 2513.2%8.9%
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