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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 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

66.1%

Rank: 24 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Aug 2461.8%58.3%
Sep 2461.8%58.5%
Oct 2461.9%58.9%
Nov 2461.2%59.2%
Dec 2461.4%58.9%
Jan 2561.7%58.9%
Feb 2562.3%59.2%
Mar 2564.2%59.8%
Apr 2563.7%59.7%
May 2565.3%60.9%
Jun 2566.0%61.5%
Jul 2566.1%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

2.1%

Rank: 51 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Aug 243.9%3.7%
Sep 243.7%3.3%
Oct 243.9%3.1%
Nov 243.6%3.0%
Dec 242.5%2.7%
Jan 252.1%2.7%
Feb 252.1%2.6%
Mar 252.0%2.4%
Apr 252.1%2.6%
May 252.0%2.7%
Jun 252.0%2.6%
Jul 252.1%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

72.7%

Rank: 95 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Aug 2475.7%75.5%
Sep 2476.3%74.9%
Oct 2477.6%77.1%
Nov 2477.8%77.4%
Dec 2476.4%78.1%
Jan 2569.8%73.4%
Feb 2577.8%80.2%
Mar 2574.9%78.9%
Apr 2572.2%76.7%
May 2569.2%74.8%
Jun 2571.4%76.8%
Jul 2572.7%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

48.5%

Rank: 118 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Aug 2454.5%69.5%
Sep 2450.0%67.4%
Oct 2452.0%68.2%
Nov 2450.4%69.4%
Dec 2458.6%71.3%
Jan 2549.5%67.3%
Feb 2548.8%67.0%
Mar 2556.1%71.4%
Apr 2553.3%69.9%
May 2547.1%67.8%
Jun 2547.9%67.1%
Jul 2548.5%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

28.3%

Rank: 91 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Aug 2442.1%24.0%
Sep 2441.5%22.7%
Oct 2439.3%20.7%
Nov 2440.3%19.9%
Dec 2442.3%22.8%
Jan 2540.9%22.4%
Feb 2533.8%17.5%
Mar 2536.5%18.4%
Apr 2537.2%21.2%
May 2532.7%22.0%
Jun 2527.3%21.3%
Jul 2528.3%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

70.4%

Rank: 78 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Sep 2473.4%74.2%
Oct 2471.6%73.1%
Nov 2469.9%72.2%
Dec 2468.8%71.1%
Jan 2570.0%73.0%
Feb 2572.7%73.5%
Mar 2573.1%75.0%
Apr 2572.2%74.8%
May 2574.2%75.4%
Jun 2577.7%75.5%
Jul 2571.5%76.4%
Aug 2570.4%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

7.6%

Rank: 51 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Sheffield 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 - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSheffieldNational Average
Sep 245.8%9.9%
Oct 248.4%11.2%
Nov 249.0%10.8%
Dec 2410.1%12.1%
Jan 258.3%12.7%
Feb 255.4%11.3%
Mar 254.5%9.7%
Apr 255.9%10.1%
May 254.3%9.4%
Jun 252.6%8.9%
Jul 256.8%8.3%
Aug 257.6%8.9%
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