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Royal Free London 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

57.9%

Rank: 80 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Aug 2458.8%58.3%
Sep 2458.6%58.5%
Oct 2459.1%58.9%
Nov 2458.8%59.2%
Dec 2458.2%58.9%
Jan 2557.7%58.9%
Feb 2557.5%59.2%
Mar 2557.3%59.8%
Apr 2556.3%59.7%
May 2556.7%60.9%
Jun 2557.5%61.5%
Jul 2557.9%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

2.7%

Rank: 72 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Aug 243.6%3.7%
Sep 243.0%3.3%
Oct 242.7%3.1%
Nov 242.7%3.0%
Dec 242.3%2.7%
Jan 252.3%2.7%
Feb 252.4%2.6%
Mar 252.5%2.4%
Apr 252.6%2.6%
May 252.9%2.7%
Jun 252.7%2.6%
Jul 252.7%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

78.2%

Rank: 55 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Aug 2468.1%75.5%
Sep 2469.4%74.9%
Oct 2472.0%77.1%
Nov 2473.0%77.4%
Dec 2473.4%78.1%
Jan 2567.5%73.4%
Feb 2575.1%80.2%
Mar 2576.6%78.9%
Apr 2576.1%76.7%
May 2574.4%74.8%
Jun 2576.3%76.8%
Jul 2578.2%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

64.0%

Rank: 94 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Aug 2456.9%69.5%
Sep 2452.1%67.4%
Oct 2459.5%68.2%
Nov 2461.3%69.4%
Dec 2458.8%71.3%
Jan 2554.8%67.3%
Feb 2554.2%67.0%
Mar 2563.0%71.4%
Apr 2559.1%69.9%
May 2558.9%67.8%
Jun 2561.1%67.1%
Jul 2564.0%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

19.3%

Rank: 60 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Aug 249.7%24.0%
Sep 248.8%22.7%
Oct 249.4%20.7%
Nov 2411.4%19.9%
Dec 2416.2%22.8%
Jan 2512.9%22.4%
Feb 2510.1%17.5%
Mar 2510.0%18.4%
Apr 2515.9%21.2%
May 2519.9%22.0%
Jun 2520.5%21.3%
Jul 2519.3%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

78.9%

Rank: 23 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Sep 2475.0%74.2%
Oct 2474.6%73.1%
Nov 2475.0%72.2%
Dec 2478.0%71.1%
Jan 2573.3%73.0%
Feb 2573.3%73.5%
Mar 2574.8%75.0%
Apr 2573.9%74.8%
May 2576.7%75.4%
Jun 2577.9%75.5%
Jul 2579.2%76.4%
Aug 2578.9%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

13.0%

Rank: 85 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Free London 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 Free London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Free London National Average
Sep 2410.7%9.9%
Oct 2412.1%11.2%
Nov 2412.2%10.8%
Dec 2415.2%12.1%
Jan 2515.1%12.7%
Feb 2514.6%11.3%
Mar 2513.8%9.7%
Apr 2514.2%10.1%
May 2512.6%9.4%
Jun 2512.8%8.9%
Jul 2511.8%8.3%
Aug 2513.0%8.9%
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