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Royal Devon University Healthcare 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

59.8%

Rank: 63 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Aug 2456.7%58.3%
Sep 2457.9%58.5%
Oct 2458.4%58.9%
Nov 2458.1%59.2%
Dec 2457.7%58.9%
Jan 2558.8%58.9%
Feb 2559.9%59.2%
Mar 2561.1%59.8%
Apr 2560.1%59.7%
May 2560.3%60.9%
Jun 2560.6%61.5%
Jul 2559.8%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

3.0%

Rank: 80 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Aug 244.0%3.7%
Sep 243.5%3.3%
Oct 243.5%3.1%
Nov 243.4%3.0%
Dec 243.2%2.7%
Jan 253.1%2.7%
Feb 253.0%2.6%
Mar 252.8%2.4%
Apr 253.1%2.6%
May 253.3%2.7%
Jun 253.1%2.6%
Jul 253.0%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

82.2%

Rank: 19 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Aug 2477.9%75.5%
Sep 2479.2%74.9%
Oct 2482.0%77.1%
Nov 2482.8%77.4%
Dec 2483.3%78.1%
Jan 2577.0%73.4%
Feb 2583.0%80.2%
Mar 2581.4%78.9%
Apr 2583.6%76.7%
May 2581.1%74.8%
Jun 2582.1%76.8%
Jul 2582.2%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

75.0%

Rank: 40 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Aug 2471.0%69.5%
Sep 2470.5%67.4%
Oct 2473.2%68.2%
Nov 2474.1%69.4%
Dec 2478.8%71.3%
Jan 2574.9%67.3%
Feb 2569.9%67.0%
Mar 2575.8%71.4%
Apr 2572.5%69.9%
May 2576.7%67.8%
Jun 2573.6%67.1%
Jul 2575.0%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

44.6%

Rank: 110 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Aug 2440.2%24.0%
Sep 2439.6%22.7%
Oct 2437.3%20.7%
Nov 2434.0%19.9%
Dec 2437.4%22.8%
Jan 2539.2%22.4%
Feb 2532.5%17.5%
Mar 2536.6%18.4%
Apr 2542.6%21.2%
May 2544.9%22.0%
Jun 2544.2%21.3%
Jul 2544.6%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

67.9%

Rank: 90 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Sep 2471.8%74.2%
Oct 2470.1%73.1%
Nov 2468.6%72.2%
Dec 2464.4%71.1%
Jan 2567.3%73.0%
Feb 2567.0%73.5%
Mar 2566.8%75.0%
Apr 2569.4%74.8%
May 2569.9%75.4%
Jun 2571.4%75.5%
Jul 2570.1%76.4%
Aug 2567.9%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

3.4%

Rank: 18 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Devon 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 Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal DevonNational Average
Sep 243.3%9.9%
Oct 244.6%11.2%
Nov 244.3%10.8%
Dec 246.1%12.1%
Jan 257.6%12.7%
Feb 255.3%11.3%
Mar 255.2%9.7%
Apr 255.0%10.1%
May 254.2%9.4%
Jun 252.8%8.9%
Jul 253.9%8.3%
Aug 253.4%8.9%
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