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Royal Cornwall Hospitals 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

72.1%

Rank: 6 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Aug 2467.6%58.3%
Sep 2467.9%58.5%
Oct 2468.4%58.9%
Nov 2469.0%59.2%
Dec 2468.5%58.9%
Jan 2568.3%58.9%
Feb 2569.1%59.2%
Mar 2569.3%59.8%
Apr 2570.2%59.7%
May 2571.5%60.9%
Jun 2571.8%61.5%
Jul 2572.1%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

1.1%

Rank: 26 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Aug 242.6%3.7%
Sep 242.1%3.3%
Oct 241.8%3.1%
Nov 241.7%3.0%
Dec 241.4%2.7%
Jan 251.3%2.7%
Feb 251.2%2.6%
Mar 250.8%2.4%
Apr 250.9%2.6%
May 250.9%2.7%
Jun 251.0%2.6%
Jul 251.1%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

82.0%

Rank: 22 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Aug 2478.0%75.5%
Sep 2476.9%74.9%
Oct 2478.1%77.1%
Nov 2478.3%77.4%
Dec 2479.4%78.1%
Jan 2575.8%73.4%
Feb 2584.1%80.2%
Mar 2581.8%78.9%
Apr 2581.3%76.7%
May 2581.3%74.8%
Jun 2581.5%76.8%
Jul 2582.0%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

85.4%

Rank: 4 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Aug 2484.9%69.5%
Sep 2478.2%67.4%
Oct 2481.0%68.2%
Nov 2479.9%69.4%
Dec 2486.3%71.3%
Jan 2584.7%67.3%
Feb 2585.4%67.0%
Mar 2586.1%71.4%
Apr 2578.2%69.9%
May 2581.1%67.8%
Jun 2584.3%67.1%
Jul 2585.4%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

14.8%

Rank: 47 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Aug 2421.7%24.0%
Sep 2416.8%22.7%
Oct 2411.0%20.7%
Nov 246.2%19.9%
Dec 2410.5%22.8%
Jan 2512.6%22.4%
Feb 2510.5%17.5%
Mar 259.2%18.4%
Apr 258.3%21.2%
May 2511.8%22.0%
Jun 2510.5%21.3%
Jul 2514.8%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

79.9%

Rank: 18 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Sep 2473.9%74.2%
Oct 2474.0%73.1%
Nov 2477.5%72.2%
Dec 2477.1%71.1%
Jan 2576.7%73.0%
Feb 2577.3%73.5%
Mar 2578.0%75.0%
Apr 2579.3%74.8%
May 2578.3%75.4%
Jun 2576.3%75.5%
Jul 2582.2%76.4%
Aug 2579.9%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

9.6%

Rank: 64 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Cornwall 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 Cornwall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Cornwall National Average
Sep 2419.8%9.9%
Oct 2422.5%11.2%
Nov 2420.1%10.8%
Dec 2415.7%12.1%
Jan 2518.6%12.7%
Feb 2513.2%11.3%
Mar 2515.2%9.7%
Apr 2515.4%10.1%
May 2513.9%9.4%
Jun 2514.1%8.9%
Jul 256.8%8.3%
Aug 259.6%8.9%
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