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Sandwell And West Birmingham 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

57.6%

Rank: 82 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Aug 2454.8%58.3%
Sep 2454.3%58.5%
Oct 2453.2%58.9%
Nov 2453.3%59.2%
Dec 2453.3%58.9%
Jan 2552.5%58.9%
Feb 2553.5%59.2%
Mar 2555.3%59.8%
Apr 2555.2%59.7%
May 2556.5%60.9%
Jun 2558.0%61.5%
Jul 2557.6%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

1.6%

Rank: 36 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Aug 244.1%3.7%
Sep 243.8%3.3%
Oct 244.2%3.1%
Nov 244.1%3.0%
Dec 243.6%2.7%
Jan 253.6%2.7%
Feb 253.0%2.6%
Mar 252.1%2.4%
Apr 251.9%2.6%
May 251.9%2.7%
Jun 251.7%2.6%
Jul 251.6%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

74.8%

Rank: 85 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Aug 2475.2%75.5%
Sep 2475.1%74.9%
Oct 2479.2%77.1%
Nov 2475.5%77.4%
Dec 2476.0%78.1%
Jan 2572.4%73.4%
Feb 2580.4%80.2%
Mar 2577.0%78.9%
Apr 2573.4%76.7%
May 2568.8%74.8%
Jun 2577.5%76.8%
Jul 2574.8%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

77.4%

Rank: 29 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Aug 2475.9%69.5%
Sep 2471.4%67.4%
Oct 2471.9%68.2%
Nov 2467.3%69.4%
Dec 2470.1%71.3%
Jan 2570.6%67.3%
Feb 2565.3%67.0%
Mar 2573.4%71.4%
Apr 2573.6%69.9%
May 2566.5%67.8%
Jun 2568.1%67.1%
Jul 2577.4%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

25.0%

Rank: 76 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Aug 2425.4%24.0%
Sep 2424.1%22.7%
Oct 2422.7%20.7%
Nov 2420.9%19.9%
Dec 2424.9%22.8%
Jan 2524.6%22.4%
Feb 2517.9%17.5%
Mar 2521.3%18.4%
Apr 2528.0%21.2%
May 2529.2%22.0%
Jun 2526.1%21.3%
Jul 2525.0%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

79.3%

Rank: 20 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Sep 2469.7%74.2%
Oct 2472.3%73.1%
Nov 2472.0%72.2%
Dec 2471.6%71.1%
Jan 2574.4%73.0%
Feb 2574.5%73.5%
Mar 2575.0%75.0%
Apr 2576.0%74.8%
May 2578.0%75.4%
Jun 2577.2%75.5%
Jul 2578.9%76.4%
Aug 2579.3%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

4.4%

Rank: 23 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSandwell and West Birmingham National Average
Sep 2412.2%9.9%
Oct 2412.2%11.2%
Nov 2410.5%10.8%
Dec 2413.5%12.1%
Jan 2512.1%12.7%
Feb 2512.2%11.3%
Mar 257.5%9.7%
Apr 258.6%10.1%
May 255.9%9.4%
Jun 255.0%8.9%
Jul 253.8%8.3%
Aug 254.4%8.9%
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