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Sheffield Children's 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

66.5%

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Aug 2462.0%58.3%
Sep 2462.6%58.5%
Oct 2463.7%58.9%
Nov 2464.4%59.2%
Dec 2464.5%58.9%
Jan 2565.1%58.9%
Feb 2565.6%59.2%
Mar 2566.5%59.8%
Apr 2566.0%59.7%
May 2567.6%60.9%
Jun 2567.0%61.5%
Jul 2566.5%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%

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Aug 243.4%3.7%
Sep 243.3%3.3%
Oct 243.2%3.1%
Nov 243.5%3.0%
Dec 243.5%2.7%
Jan 253.2%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.2%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 252.3%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

95.2%

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Aug 2488.9%75.5%
Sep 2495.2%74.9%
Oct 2491.3%77.1%
Nov 2481.8%77.4%
Dec 2482.4%78.1%
Jan 2583.3%73.4%
Feb 2585.7%80.2%
Mar 2588.9%78.9%
Apr 2592.6%76.7%
May 2592.3%74.8%
Jun 2592.9%76.8%
Jul 2595.2%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

100.0%

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Aug 24—69.5%
Sep 24100.0%67.4%
Oct 24100.0%68.2%
Nov 24100.0%69.4%
Dec 24100.0%71.3%
Jan 25100.0%67.3%
Feb 25100.0%67.0%
Mar 25100.0%71.4%
Apr 25100.0%69.9%
May 2575.0%67.8%
Jun 2575.0%67.1%
Jul 25100.0%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

23.4%

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Aug 2431.9%24.0%
Sep 2428.6%22.7%
Oct 2421.1%20.7%
Nov 2416.6%19.9%
Dec 2421.6%22.8%
Jan 2526.5%22.4%
Feb 2521.1%17.5%
Mar 2523.3%18.4%
Apr 2528.8%21.2%
May 2526.5%22.0%
Jun 2523.4%21.3%
Jul 2523.4%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

95.1%

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Sep 2493.3%74.2%
Oct 2491.9%73.1%
Nov 2488.5%72.2%
Dec 2489.3%71.1%
Jan 2594.0%73.0%
Feb 2591.9%73.5%
Mar 2590.6%75.0%
Apr 2593.3%74.8%
May 2591.5%75.4%
Jun 2593.7%75.5%
Jul 2594.2%76.4%
Aug 2595.1%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

–

No data available

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield Children's 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 Sheffield Children's - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffield Children's National Average
Sep 240.0%9.9%
Oct 240.0%11.2%
Nov 24—10.8%
Dec 240.0%12.1%
Jan 250.0%12.7%
Feb 25—11.3%
Mar 250.0%9.7%
Apr 250.0%10.1%
May 25—9.4%
Jun 25—8.9%
Jul 250.0%8.3%
Aug 250.0%8.9%
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