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Sherwood Forest 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

62.9%

Rank: 45 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Aug 2461.1%58.3%
Sep 2462.1%58.5%
Oct 2462.9%58.9%
Nov 2463.2%59.2%
Dec 2463.8%58.9%
Jan 2563.3%58.9%
Feb 2563.5%59.2%
Mar 2564.6%59.8%
Apr 2563.7%59.7%
May 2564.0%60.9%
Jun 2564.1%61.5%
Jul 2562.9%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

1.1%

Rank: 24 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Aug 242.9%3.7%
Sep 242.5%3.3%
Oct 242.2%3.1%
Nov 242.1%3.0%
Dec 241.7%2.7%
Jan 251.8%2.7%
Feb 251.6%2.6%
Mar 251.3%2.4%
Apr 251.3%2.6%
May 251.2%2.7%
Jun 251.1%2.6%
Jul 251.1%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

83.1%

Rank: 15 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Aug 2481.5%75.5%
Sep 2478.2%74.9%
Oct 2479.9%77.1%
Nov 2478.4%77.4%
Dec 2476.1%78.1%
Jan 2571.6%73.4%
Feb 2579.7%80.2%
Mar 2578.0%78.9%
Apr 2577.6%76.7%
May 2576.4%74.8%
Jun 2582.4%76.8%
Jul 2583.1%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

66.9%

Rank: 81 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Aug 2467.5%69.5%
Sep 2461.2%67.4%
Oct 2466.1%68.2%
Nov 2469.7%69.4%
Dec 2461.2%71.3%
Jan 2555.0%67.3%
Feb 2566.9%67.0%
Mar 2555.1%71.4%
Apr 2565.5%69.9%
May 2563.3%67.8%
Jun 2565.3%67.1%
Jul 2566.9%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

12.1%

Rank: 34 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Aug 2430.0%24.0%
Sep 2423.7%22.7%
Oct 2414.5%20.7%
Nov 2410.2%19.9%
Dec 2410.6%22.8%
Jan 2511.3%22.4%
Feb 255.6%17.5%
Mar 256.9%18.4%
Apr 2511.1%21.2%
May 2512.9%22.0%
Jun 2511.8%21.3%
Jul 2512.1%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

68.8%

Rank: 88 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Sep 2473.6%74.2%
Oct 2469.2%73.1%
Nov 2466.5%72.2%
Dec 2461.7%71.1%
Jan 2565.3%73.0%
Feb 2568.1%73.5%
Mar 2575.2%75.0%
Apr 2577.3%74.8%
May 2579.0%75.4%
Jun 2576.8%75.5%
Jul 2572.4%76.4%
Aug 2568.8%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

7.2%

Rank: 47 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSherwood Forest National Average
Sep 244.5%9.9%
Oct 246.0%11.2%
Nov 247.5%10.8%
Dec 249.3%12.1%
Jan 258.4%12.7%
Feb 256.6%11.3%
Mar 252.9%9.7%
Apr 252.8%10.1%
May 252.2%9.4%
Jun 252.2%8.9%
Jul 252.9%8.3%
Aug 257.2%8.9%
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