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The Newcastle Upon Tyne 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

73.7%

Rank: 5 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Aug 2467.7%58.3%
Sep 2467.3%58.5%
Oct 2468.1%58.9%
Nov 2468.4%59.2%
Dec 2469.1%58.9%
Jan 2569.8%58.9%
Feb 2570.6%59.2%
Mar 2572.4%59.8%
Apr 2572.6%59.7%
May 2573.1%60.9%
Jun 2573.5%61.5%
Jul 2573.7%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

1.4%

Rank: 32 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Aug 242.5%3.7%
Sep 242.4%3.3%
Oct 242.1%3.1%
Nov 242.0%3.0%
Dec 241.7%2.7%
Jan 251.8%2.7%
Feb 251.8%2.6%
Mar 251.6%2.4%
Apr 251.6%2.6%
May 251.6%2.7%
Jun 251.5%2.6%
Jul 251.4%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

74.2%

Rank: 89 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Aug 2469.3%75.5%
Sep 2470.5%74.9%
Oct 2473.1%77.1%
Nov 2474.7%77.4%
Dec 2476.1%78.1%
Jan 2570.7%73.4%
Feb 2583.4%80.2%
Mar 2580.9%78.9%
Apr 2581.4%76.7%
May 2580.8%74.8%
Jun 2578.1%76.8%
Jul 2574.2%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

71.2%

Rank: 52 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Aug 2460.9%69.5%
Sep 2459.3%67.4%
Oct 2463.4%68.2%
Nov 2462.0%69.4%
Dec 2463.7%71.3%
Jan 2566.1%67.3%
Feb 2561.0%67.0%
Mar 2565.2%71.4%
Apr 2572.2%69.9%
May 2569.5%67.8%
Jun 2563.8%67.1%
Jul 2571.2%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

13.0%

Rank: 38 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Aug 2438.3%24.0%
Sep 2436.7%22.7%
Oct 2434.4%20.7%
Nov 2429.1%19.9%
Dec 2422.3%22.8%
Jan 2517.9%22.4%
Feb 2513.0%17.5%
Mar 2516.2%18.4%
Apr 2516.7%21.2%
May 2519.1%22.0%
Jun 2514.2%21.3%
Jul 2513.0%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

77.7%

Rank: 33 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Sep 2475.0%74.2%
Oct 2474.5%73.1%
Nov 2473.9%72.2%
Dec 2474.9%71.1%
Jan 2575.4%73.0%
Feb 2576.7%73.5%
Mar 2577.5%75.0%
Apr 2575.2%74.8%
May 2579.1%75.4%
Jun 2577.5%75.5%
Jul 2579.3%76.4%
Aug 2577.7%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

1.5%

Rank: 8 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Newcastle 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 Newcastle - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthNewcastleNational Average
Sep 241.5%9.9%
Oct 243.0%11.2%
Nov 243.3%10.8%
Dec 243.8%12.1%
Jan 253.0%12.7%
Feb 251.6%11.3%
Mar 252.0%9.7%
Apr 253.2%10.1%
May 251.6%9.4%
Jun 252.2%8.9%
Jul 251.6%8.3%
Aug 251.5%8.9%
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