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Somerset 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

63.9%

Rank: 35 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Aug 2463.8%58.3%
Sep 2463.3%58.5%
Oct 2462.8%58.9%
Nov 2462.2%59.2%
Dec 2462.1%58.9%
Jan 2561.8%58.9%
Feb 2561.5%59.2%
Mar 2561.9%59.8%
Apr 2564.3%59.7%
May 2565.3%60.9%
Jun 2565.8%61.5%
Jul 2563.9%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

3.0%

Rank: 81 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Aug 243.1%3.7%
Sep 242.6%3.3%
Oct 242.5%3.1%
Nov 242.3%3.0%
Dec 242.3%2.7%
Jan 252.4%2.7%
Feb 252.4%2.6%
Mar 252.1%2.4%
Apr 252.5%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.8%2.6%
Jul 253.0%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

75.5%

Rank: 77 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Aug 2471.0%75.5%
Sep 2475.5%74.9%
Oct 2479.0%77.1%
Nov 2476.5%77.4%
Dec 2475.8%78.1%
Jan 2572.0%73.4%
Feb 2578.6%80.2%
Mar 2575.4%78.9%
Apr 2572.6%76.7%
May 2565.2%74.8%
Jun 2573.0%76.8%
Jul 2575.5%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

68.4%

Rank: 74 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Aug 2472.0%69.5%
Sep 2464.3%67.4%
Oct 2465.6%68.2%
Nov 2468.2%69.4%
Dec 2471.0%71.3%
Jan 2566.9%67.3%
Feb 2568.9%67.0%
Mar 2575.2%71.4%
Apr 2570.2%69.9%
May 2569.2%67.8%
Jun 2568.1%67.1%
Jul 2568.4%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

20.4%

Rank: 63 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Aug 2426.0%24.0%
Sep 2420.2%22.7%
Oct 2415.3%20.7%
Nov 2416.2%19.9%
Dec 2425.9%22.8%
Jan 2529.6%22.4%
Feb 2522.6%17.5%
Mar 2522.4%18.4%
Apr 2524.3%21.2%
May 2525.5%22.0%
Jun 2521.3%21.3%
Jul 2520.4%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

73.5%

Rank: 62 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Sep 2475.2%74.2%
Oct 2474.1%73.1%
Nov 2471.6%72.2%
Dec 2467.7%71.1%
Jan 2573.4%73.0%
Feb 2573.0%73.5%
Mar 2572.2%75.0%
Apr 2571.3%74.8%
May 2573.0%75.4%
Jun 2575.7%75.5%
Jul 2577.5%76.4%
Aug 2573.5%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

2.7%

Rank: 13 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Somerset 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 Somerset - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSomerset National Average
Sep 243.3%9.9%
Oct 244.0%11.2%
Nov 245.0%10.8%
Dec 248.8%12.1%
Jan 258.6%12.7%
Feb 257.3%11.3%
Mar 253.3%9.7%
Apr 256.3%10.1%
May 254.8%9.4%
Jun 252.5%8.9%
Jul 251.9%8.3%
Aug 252.7%8.9%
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