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The Princess Alexandra Hospital 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

52.0%

Rank: 114 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Aug 2449.4%58.3%
Sep 2449.2%58.5%
Oct 2447.2%58.9%
Nov 2445.5%59.2%
Dec 2441.8%58.9%
Jan 2544.3%58.9%
Feb 2544.5%59.2%
Mar 2546.2%59.8%
Apr 2548.8%59.7%
May 2550.8%60.9%
Jun 2551.1%61.5%
Jul 2552.0%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

5.1%

Rank: 114 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Aug 245.8%3.7%
Sep 244.9%3.3%
Oct 244.9%3.1%
Nov 244.9%3.0%
Dec 244.9%2.7%
Jan 254.2%2.7%
Feb 254.7%2.6%
Mar 255.3%2.4%
Apr 254.7%2.6%
May 254.4%2.7%
Jun 254.7%2.6%
Jul 255.1%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

73.5%

Rank: 93 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Aug 2478.4%75.5%
Sep 2478.5%74.9%
Oct 2479.0%77.1%
Nov 2471.0%77.4%
Dec 2472.2%78.1%
Jan 2566.4%73.4%
Feb 2575.2%80.2%
Mar 2570.2%78.9%
Apr 2572.2%76.7%
May 2571.3%74.8%
Jun 2572.5%76.8%
Jul 2573.5%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

57.7%

Rank: 110 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Aug 2459.4%69.5%
Sep 2451.0%67.4%
Oct 2454.4%68.2%
Nov 2460.0%69.4%
Dec 2460.9%71.3%
Jan 2550.0%67.3%
Feb 2554.1%67.0%
Mar 2552.2%71.4%
Apr 2553.1%69.9%
May 2549.6%67.8%
Jun 2541.8%67.1%
Jul 2557.7%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

34.5%

Rank: 101 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Aug 2430.8%24.0%
Sep 2431.7%22.7%
Oct 2429.8%20.7%
Nov 2434.9%19.9%
Dec 2442.2%22.8%
Jan 2537.3%22.4%
Feb 2532.6%17.5%
Mar 2531.6%18.4%
Apr 2533.5%21.2%
May 2534.8%22.0%
Jun 2533.7%21.3%
Jul 2534.5%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

75.0%

Rank: 48 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Sep 2462.6%74.2%
Oct 2458.1%73.1%
Nov 2454.9%72.2%
Dec 2455.2%71.1%
Jan 2556.8%73.0%
Feb 2562.0%73.5%
Mar 2569.4%75.0%
Apr 2568.1%74.8%
May 2564.8%75.4%
Jun 2568.2%75.5%
Jul 2569.1%76.4%
Aug 2575.0%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

12.0%

Rank: 82 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Princess Alexandra 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 Princess Alexandra - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPrincess Alexandra National Average
Sep 249.8%9.9%
Oct 2412.0%11.2%
Nov 2420.5%10.8%
Dec 2418.9%12.1%
Jan 2516.3%12.7%
Feb 259.2%11.3%
Mar 257.4%9.7%
Apr 257.1%10.1%
May 259.4%9.4%
Jun 256.6%8.9%
Jul 258.4%8.3%
Aug 2512.0%8.9%
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