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Royal United Hospitals Bath 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

57.7%

Rank: 81 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Aug 2464.3%58.3%
Sep 2463.7%58.5%
Oct 2462.8%58.9%
Nov 2462.7%59.2%
Dec 2461.3%58.9%
Jan 2560.2%58.9%
Feb 2560.9%59.2%
Mar 2560.5%59.8%
Apr 2560.6%59.7%
May 2560.6%60.9%
Jun 2559.4%61.5%
Jul 2557.7%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

2.3%

Rank: 58 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Aug 242.0%3.7%
Sep 241.7%3.3%
Oct 241.5%3.1%
Nov 241.3%3.0%
Dec 241.3%2.7%
Jan 251.6%2.7%
Feb 251.6%2.6%
Mar 251.3%2.4%
Apr 251.6%2.6%
May 252.1%2.7%
Jun 252.4%2.6%
Jul 252.3%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

72.2%

Rank: 97 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Aug 2462.0%75.5%
Sep 2468.7%74.9%
Oct 2472.4%77.1%
Nov 2472.3%77.4%
Dec 2472.6%78.1%
Jan 2571.3%73.4%
Feb 2573.4%80.2%
Mar 2570.8%78.9%
Apr 2567.2%76.7%
May 2562.6%74.8%
Jun 2570.0%76.8%
Jul 2572.2%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

71.1%

Rank: 53 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Aug 2469.7%69.5%
Sep 2462.9%67.4%
Oct 2462.2%68.2%
Nov 2464.5%69.4%
Dec 2471.8%71.3%
Jan 2574.9%67.3%
Feb 2569.3%67.0%
Mar 2574.0%71.4%
Apr 2572.3%69.9%
May 2565.5%67.8%
Jun 2568.1%67.1%
Jul 2571.1%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

32.2%

Rank: 95 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Aug 2441.8%24.0%
Sep 2442.5%22.7%
Oct 2439.0%20.7%
Nov 2433.1%19.9%
Dec 2437.7%22.8%
Jan 2537.5%22.4%
Feb 2530.4%17.5%
Mar 2525.6%18.4%
Apr 2528.1%21.2%
May 2528.3%22.0%
Jun 2527.9%21.3%
Jul 2532.2%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

59.0%

Rank: 114 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Sep 2463.6%74.2%
Oct 2459.3%73.1%
Nov 2456.2%72.2%
Dec 2454.7%71.1%
Jan 2560.5%73.0%
Feb 2557.4%73.5%
Mar 2558.5%75.0%
Apr 2558.2%74.8%
May 2558.5%75.4%
Jun 2557.6%75.5%
Jul 2562.8%76.4%
Aug 2559.0%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

9.0%

Rank: 59 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Bath 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 Bath - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthBath National Average
Sep 244.8%9.9%
Oct 247.6%11.2%
Nov 248.9%10.8%
Dec 248.7%12.1%
Jan 259.8%12.7%
Feb 2510.6%11.3%
Mar 259.6%9.7%
Apr 258.3%10.1%
May 257.8%9.4%
Jun 257.4%8.9%
Jul 256.9%8.3%
Aug 259.0%8.9%
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