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Royal Surrey County Hospital 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

55.4%

Rank: 99 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Aug 2453.7%58.3%
Sep 2454.9%58.5%
Oct 2455.2%58.9%
Nov 2456.0%59.2%
Dec 2456.3%58.9%
Jan 2558.6%58.9%
Feb 2558.1%59.2%
Mar 2557.4%59.8%
Apr 2555.1%59.7%
May 2555.3%60.9%
Jun 2554.5%61.5%
Jul 2555.4%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

4.5%

Rank: 106 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Aug 244.1%3.7%
Sep 243.8%3.3%
Oct 243.6%3.1%
Nov 243.3%3.0%
Dec 243.2%2.7%
Jan 253.6%2.7%
Feb 253.9%2.6%
Mar 254.2%2.4%
Apr 254.5%2.6%
May 254.5%2.7%
Jun 255.0%2.6%
Jul 254.5%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

84.5%

Rank: 7 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Aug 2484.2%75.5%
Sep 2480.8%74.9%
Oct 2484.3%77.1%
Nov 2484.3%77.4%
Dec 2485.8%78.1%
Jan 2580.9%73.4%
Feb 2586.5%80.2%
Mar 2583.9%78.9%
Apr 2584.6%76.7%
May 2582.6%74.8%
Jun 2581.8%76.8%
Jul 2584.5%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

74.8%

Rank: 42 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Aug 2476.5%69.5%
Sep 2474.9%67.4%
Oct 2474.7%68.2%
Nov 2476.5%69.4%
Dec 2480.5%71.3%
Jan 2571.7%67.3%
Feb 2576.8%67.0%
Mar 2580.4%71.4%
Apr 2583.2%69.9%
May 2576.4%67.8%
Jun 2575.7%67.1%
Jul 2574.8%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

46.5%

Rank: 112 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Aug 2413.6%24.0%
Sep 2417.0%22.7%
Oct 2415.1%20.7%
Nov 2418.9%19.9%
Dec 2420.8%22.8%
Jan 2523.3%22.4%
Feb 2518.3%17.5%
Mar 2541.1%18.4%
Apr 2544.8%21.2%
May 2544.7%22.0%
Jun 2544.7%21.3%
Jul 2546.5%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

75.1%

Rank: 47 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Sep 2479.3%74.2%
Oct 2474.2%73.1%
Nov 2477.0%72.2%
Dec 2470.8%71.1%
Jan 2575.9%73.0%
Feb 2575.1%73.5%
Mar 2575.8%75.0%
Apr 2575.6%74.8%
May 2574.8%75.4%
Jun 2578.6%75.5%
Jul 2575.1%76.4%
Aug 2575.1%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

4.9%

Rank: 28 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Surrey County National Average
Sep 243.4%9.9%
Oct 244.9%11.2%
Nov 242.5%10.8%
Dec 245.1%12.1%
Jan 255.6%12.7%
Feb 254.9%11.3%
Mar 253.3%9.7%
Apr 253.4%10.1%
May 255.2%9.4%
Jun 253.9%8.9%
Jul 255.7%8.3%
Aug 254.9%8.9%
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