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Royal Berkshire 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

79.9%

Rank: 2 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Aug 2481.8%58.3%
Sep 2482.2%58.5%
Oct 2481.4%58.9%
Nov 2480.4%59.2%
Dec 2482.4%58.9%
Jan 2580.1%58.9%
Feb 2578.7%59.2%
Mar 2574.9%59.8%
Apr 2576.2%59.7%
May 2579.7%60.9%
Jun 2579.9%61.5%
Jul 2579.9%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

0.1%

Rank: 7 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Aug 240.2%3.7%
Sep 240.1%3.3%
Oct 240.0%3.1%
Nov 240.0%3.0%
Dec 240.1%2.7%
Jan 250.1%2.7%
Feb 250.1%2.6%
Mar 250.1%2.4%
Apr 250.1%2.6%
May 250.1%2.7%
Jun 250.1%2.6%
Jul 250.1%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

80.4%

Rank: 37 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Aug 2474.6%75.5%
Sep 2476.4%74.9%
Oct 2480.3%77.1%
Nov 2480.0%77.4%
Dec 2481.4%78.1%
Jan 2580.0%73.4%
Feb 2583.6%80.2%
Mar 2581.6%78.9%
Apr 2578.1%76.7%
May 2579.5%74.8%
Jun 2578.9%76.8%
Jul 2580.4%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

77.6%

Rank: 28 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Aug 2474.9%69.5%
Sep 2479.1%67.4%
Oct 2476.3%68.2%
Nov 2470.7%69.4%
Dec 2477.0%71.3%
Jan 2568.6%67.3%
Feb 2566.7%67.0%
Mar 2579.2%71.4%
Apr 2575.5%69.9%
May 2568.7%67.8%
Jun 2570.2%67.1%
Jul 2577.6%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

15.3%

Rank: 49 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Aug 2419.6%24.0%
Sep 2417.0%22.7%
Oct 2419.1%20.7%
Nov 249.6%19.9%
Dec 2412.6%22.8%
Jan 2513.4%22.4%
Feb 259.6%17.5%
Mar 258.1%18.4%
Apr 256.2%21.2%
May 2510.0%22.0%
Jun 2510.3%21.3%
Jul 2515.3%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

76.4%

Rank: 37 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Sep 2471.6%74.2%
Oct 2472.2%73.1%
Nov 2469.9%72.2%
Dec 2466.5%71.1%
Jan 2570.6%73.0%
Feb 2572.3%73.5%
Mar 2570.5%75.0%
Apr 2571.3%74.8%
May 2571.2%75.4%
Jun 2575.2%75.5%
Jul 2578.1%76.4%
Aug 2576.4%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

2.6%

Rank: 12 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Berkshire National Average
Sep 243.9%9.9%
Oct 244.2%11.2%
Nov 243.8%10.8%
Dec 245.8%12.1%
Jan 256.8%12.7%
Feb 254.1%11.3%
Mar 254.7%9.7%
Apr 255.1%10.1%
May 253.9%9.4%
Jun 252.8%8.9%
Jul 252.4%8.3%
Aug 252.6%8.9%
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