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The Dudley Group 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

63.1%

Rank: 44 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Aug 2457.2%58.3%
Sep 2457.5%58.5%
Oct 2458.3%58.9%
Nov 2459.2%59.2%
Dec 2458.2%58.9%
Jan 2558.7%58.9%
Feb 2558.9%59.2%
Mar 2559.8%59.8%
Apr 2561.3%59.7%
May 2562.2%60.9%
Jun 2563.2%61.5%
Jul 2563.1%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

0.6%

Rank: 16 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Aug 244.3%3.7%
Sep 244.1%3.3%
Oct 243.3%3.1%
Nov 242.4%3.0%
Dec 242.2%2.7%
Jan 252.3%2.7%
Feb 252.0%2.6%
Mar 251.5%2.4%
Apr 251.8%2.6%
May 251.7%2.7%
Jun 251.0%2.6%
Jul 250.6%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

83.6%

Rank: 12 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Aug 2483.5%75.5%
Sep 2482.0%74.9%
Oct 2480.9%77.1%
Nov 2481.9%77.4%
Dec 2484.1%78.1%
Jan 2581.5%73.4%
Feb 2587.1%80.2%
Mar 2586.7%78.9%
Apr 2584.6%76.7%
May 2577.7%74.8%
Jun 2578.0%76.8%
Jul 2583.6%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

82.3%

Rank: 12 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Aug 2472.6%69.5%
Sep 2471.7%67.4%
Oct 2476.4%68.2%
Nov 2470.3%69.4%
Dec 2480.5%71.3%
Jan 2574.9%67.3%
Feb 2570.5%67.0%
Mar 2571.8%71.4%
Apr 2576.4%69.9%
May 2574.3%67.8%
Jun 2576.2%67.1%
Jul 2582.3%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

11.6%

Rank: 32 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Aug 2413.7%24.0%
Sep 2413.8%22.7%
Oct 2410.8%20.7%
Nov 249.6%19.9%
Dec 2414.2%22.8%
Jan 2514.8%22.4%
Feb 2512.2%17.5%
Mar 2513.5%18.4%
Apr 2514.5%21.2%
May 2515.9%22.0%
Jun 2512.9%21.3%
Jul 2511.6%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

76.6%

Rank: 36 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Sep 2481.2%74.2%
Oct 2481.9%73.1%
Nov 2481.9%72.2%
Dec 2478.1%71.1%
Jan 2577.8%73.0%
Feb 2578.7%73.5%
Mar 2580.5%75.0%
Apr 2575.7%74.8%
May 2579.1%75.4%
Jun 2579.8%75.5%
Jul 2578.4%76.4%
Aug 2576.6%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

9.0%

Rank: 59 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Dudley Group 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 Dudley Group - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthDudley Group National Average
Sep 248.9%9.9%
Oct 249.5%11.2%
Nov 249.9%10.8%
Dec 2412.3%12.1%
Jan 2512.5%12.7%
Feb 2511.3%11.3%
Mar 259.2%9.7%
Apr 2510.2%10.1%
May 258.7%9.4%
Jun 257.4%8.9%
Jul 259.0%8.3%
Aug 259.0%8.9%
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