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South Tees 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

61.8%

Rank: 50 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Aug 2458.9%58.3%
Sep 2459.1%58.5%
Oct 2460.1%58.9%
Nov 2460.0%59.2%
Dec 2459.4%58.9%
Jan 2559.5%58.9%
Feb 2559.9%59.2%
Mar 2560.3%59.8%
Apr 2561.0%59.7%
May 2562.1%60.9%
Jun 2562.1%61.5%
Jul 2561.8%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

2.8%

Rank: 76 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Aug 243.8%3.7%
Sep 243.2%3.3%
Oct 242.6%3.1%
Nov 242.8%3.0%
Dec 242.7%2.7%
Jan 252.9%2.7%
Feb 252.9%2.6%
Mar 252.7%2.4%
Apr 252.8%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.8%2.6%
Jul 252.8%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

77.0%

Rank: 66 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Aug 2478.8%75.5%
Sep 2479.5%74.9%
Oct 2474.0%77.1%
Nov 2476.2%77.4%
Dec 2475.7%78.1%
Jan 2572.2%73.4%
Feb 2575.9%80.2%
Mar 2571.1%78.9%
Apr 2572.3%76.7%
May 2573.8%74.8%
Jun 2579.6%76.8%
Jul 2577.0%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

67.2%

Rank: 79 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Aug 2459.2%69.5%
Sep 2461.9%67.4%
Oct 2456.7%68.2%
Nov 2458.5%69.4%
Dec 2459.9%71.3%
Jan 2563.1%67.3%
Feb 2561.0%67.0%
Mar 2561.2%71.4%
Apr 2562.3%69.9%
May 2560.4%67.8%
Jun 2561.1%67.1%
Jul 2567.2%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

13.1%

Rank: 39 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Aug 2417.7%24.0%
Sep 2415.1%22.7%
Oct 2414.1%20.7%
Nov 2414.5%19.9%
Dec 2415.0%22.8%
Jan 2511.3%22.4%
Feb 2511.3%17.5%
Mar 2512.6%18.4%
Apr 2515.0%21.2%
May 2517.0%22.0%
Jun 2515.5%21.3%
Jul 2513.1%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

77.9%

Rank: 31 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Sep 2477.3%74.2%
Oct 2473.5%73.1%
Nov 2474.8%72.2%
Dec 2472.1%71.1%
Jan 2574.1%73.0%
Feb 2575.4%73.5%
Mar 2575.6%75.0%
Apr 2577.0%74.8%
May 2577.0%75.4%
Jun 2576.5%75.5%
Jul 2578.4%76.4%
Aug 2577.9%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

4.7%

Rank: 26 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tees 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 South Tees - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tees National Average
Sep 242.3%9.9%
Oct 247.9%11.2%
Nov 244.1%10.8%
Dec 249.8%12.1%
Jan 2511.6%12.7%
Feb 255.0%11.3%
Mar 254.2%9.7%
Apr 254.4%10.1%
May 252.8%9.4%
Jun 253.2%8.9%
Jul 252.8%8.3%
Aug 254.7%8.9%
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