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Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS 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

56.7%

Rank: 91 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Aug 2460.0%58.3%
Sep 2460.1%58.5%
Oct 2460.3%58.9%
Nov 2460.6%59.2%
Dec 2459.3%58.9%
Jan 2557.1%58.9%
Feb 2556.0%59.2%
Mar 2555.4%59.8%
Apr 2555.7%59.7%
May 2556.6%60.9%
Jun 2556.9%61.5%
Jul 2556.7%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

2.0%

Rank: 50 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Aug 242.0%3.7%
Sep 241.6%3.3%
Oct 241.5%3.1%
Nov 241.1%3.0%
Dec 241.0%2.7%
Jan 251.0%2.7%
Feb 251.2%2.6%
Mar 251.3%2.4%
Apr 251.7%2.6%
May 251.8%2.7%
Jun 251.8%2.6%
Jul 252.0%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

81.7%

Rank: 24 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Aug 2475.1%75.5%
Sep 2475.0%74.9%
Oct 2477.9%77.1%
Nov 2482.4%77.4%
Dec 2482.0%78.1%
Jan 2581.8%73.4%
Feb 2585.1%80.2%
Mar 2585.9%78.9%
Apr 2580.1%76.7%
May 2580.1%74.8%
Jun 2583.0%76.8%
Jul 2581.7%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

79.7%

Rank: 16 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Aug 2470.0%69.5%
Sep 2471.9%67.4%
Oct 2474.6%68.2%
Nov 2473.9%69.4%
Dec 2478.6%71.3%
Jan 2575.6%67.3%
Feb 2573.2%67.0%
Mar 2582.4%71.4%
Apr 2581.3%69.9%
May 2577.3%67.8%
Jun 2574.1%67.1%
Jul 2579.7%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

9.7%

Rank: 28 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Aug 2415.1%24.0%
Sep 2412.9%22.7%
Oct 2411.8%20.7%
Nov 2410.6%19.9%
Dec 2417.7%22.8%
Jan 2517.6%22.4%
Feb 2512.5%17.5%
Mar 2511.5%18.4%
Apr 2514.8%21.2%
May 2511.4%22.0%
Jun 2510.1%21.3%
Jul 259.7%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

61.2%

Rank: 110 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Sep 2463.7%74.2%
Oct 2461.4%73.1%
Nov 2460.7%72.2%
Dec 2455.4%71.1%
Jan 2562.1%73.0%
Feb 2565.8%73.5%
Mar 2564.3%75.0%
Apr 2562.4%74.8%
May 2562.6%75.4%
Jun 2564.4%75.5%
Jul 2560.8%76.4%
Aug 2561.2%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

12.7%

Rank: 84 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Surrey and Sussex 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 Surrey and Sussex - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthSurrey and SussexNational Average
Sep 2413.0%9.9%
Oct 2412.6%11.2%
Nov 2413.0%10.8%
Dec 2413.9%12.1%
Jan 2514.9%12.7%
Feb 2513.3%11.3%
Mar 2512.3%9.7%
Apr 2512.2%10.1%
May 2512.6%9.4%
Jun 2511.9%8.9%
Jul 2512.8%8.3%
Aug 2512.7%8.9%
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