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South Tyneside And Sunderland 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

75.3%

Rank: 3 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Aug 2472.8%58.3%
Sep 2473.2%58.5%
Oct 2474.2%58.9%
Nov 2474.9%59.2%
Dec 2474.9%58.9%
Jan 2575.1%58.9%
Feb 2575.2%59.2%
Mar 2575.2%59.8%
Apr 2575.0%59.7%
May 2575.8%60.9%
Jun 2575.7%61.5%
Jul 2575.3%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

0.0%

Rank: 5 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Aug 241.0%3.7%
Sep 240.7%3.3%
Oct 240.5%3.1%
Nov 240.4%3.0%
Dec 240.2%2.7%
Jan 250.2%2.7%
Feb 250.1%2.6%
Mar 250.1%2.4%
Apr 250.0%2.6%
May 250.0%2.7%
Jun 250.0%2.6%
Jul 250.0%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

81.5%

Rank: 29 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Aug 2475.7%75.5%
Sep 2474.2%74.9%
Oct 2478.0%77.1%
Nov 2479.8%77.4%
Dec 2481.0%78.1%
Jan 2576.2%73.4%
Feb 2579.9%80.2%
Mar 2577.1%78.9%
Apr 2573.3%76.7%
May 2576.7%74.8%
Jun 2578.7%76.8%
Jul 2581.5%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

69.2%

Rank: 69 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Aug 2474.2%69.5%
Sep 2469.0%67.4%
Oct 2473.3%68.2%
Nov 2479.0%69.4%
Dec 2478.6%71.3%
Jan 2577.8%67.3%
Feb 2571.7%67.0%
Mar 2574.6%71.4%
Apr 2576.0%69.9%
May 2573.8%67.8%
Jun 2568.3%67.1%
Jul 2569.2%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

13.8%

Rank: 42 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Aug 2416.8%24.0%
Sep 2416.4%22.7%
Oct 2411.3%20.7%
Nov 2412.6%19.9%
Dec 2415.6%22.8%
Jan 2514.7%22.4%
Feb 258.2%17.5%
Mar 2512.1%18.4%
Apr 2514.4%21.2%
May 2515.8%22.0%
Jun 2513.4%21.3%
Jul 2513.8%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

69.8%

Rank: 81 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Sep 2473.9%74.2%
Oct 2469.5%73.1%
Nov 2468.0%72.2%
Dec 2463.3%71.1%
Jan 2564.5%73.0%
Feb 2568.0%73.5%
Mar 2574.3%75.0%
Apr 2571.3%74.8%
May 2573.1%75.4%
Jun 2569.7%75.5%
Jul 2573.8%76.4%
Aug 2569.8%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

–

No data available

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for South Tyneside and Sunderland 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 Tyneside and Sunderland - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSouth Tyneside and Sunderland National Average
Sep 241.4%9.9%
Oct 243.7%11.2%
Nov 243.7%10.8%
Dec 2410.5%12.1%
Jan 259.7%12.7%
Feb 254.5%11.3%
Mar 251.6%9.7%
Apr 254.2%10.1%
May 252.7%9.4%
Jun 254.2%8.9%
Jul 25—8.3%
Aug 25—8.9%
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