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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, 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

56.2%

Rank: 96 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Aug 2457.3%58.3%
Sep 2456.6%58.5%
Oct 2456.9%58.9%
Nov 2457.0%59.2%
Dec 2456.6%58.9%
Jan 2556.6%58.9%
Feb 2558.2%59.2%
Mar 2557.9%59.8%
Apr 2558.4%59.7%
May 2558.7%60.9%
Jun 2557.3%61.5%
Jul 2556.2%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

1.9%

Rank: 48 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Aug 242.2%3.7%
Sep 242.3%3.3%
Oct 242.3%3.1%
Nov 242.3%3.0%
Dec 242.5%2.7%
Jan 252.7%2.7%
Feb 252.4%2.6%
Mar 252.1%2.4%
Apr 252.2%2.6%
May 252.6%2.7%
Jun 252.2%2.6%
Jul 251.9%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

69.4%

Rank: 109 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Aug 2471.0%75.5%
Sep 2474.4%74.9%
Oct 2475.0%77.1%
Nov 2470.6%77.4%
Dec 2471.4%78.1%
Jan 2562.3%73.4%
Feb 2572.5%80.2%
Mar 2572.1%78.9%
Apr 2565.6%76.7%
May 2565.7%74.8%
Jun 2570.0%76.8%
Jul 2569.4%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

49.8%

Rank: 117 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Aug 2461.5%69.5%
Sep 2460.5%67.4%
Oct 2460.4%68.2%
Nov 2459.3%69.4%
Dec 2460.5%71.3%
Jan 2551.3%67.3%
Feb 2558.9%67.0%
Mar 2563.9%71.4%
Apr 2559.5%69.9%
May 2549.1%67.8%
Jun 2553.4%67.1%
Jul 2549.8%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

49.0%

Rank: 113 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Aug 2435.2%24.0%
Sep 2437.5%22.7%
Oct 2439.2%20.7%
Nov 2442.4%19.9%
Dec 2445.1%22.8%
Jan 2545.9%22.4%
Feb 2537.8%17.5%
Mar 2538.5%18.4%
Apr 2543.1%21.2%
May 2545.3%22.0%
Jun 2545.3%21.3%
Jul 2549.0%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

59.2%

Rank: 113 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Sep 2465.2%74.2%
Oct 2466.5%73.1%
Nov 2463.7%72.2%
Dec 2458.7%71.1%
Jan 2560.6%73.0%
Feb 2558.8%73.5%
Mar 2560.1%75.0%
Apr 2561.3%74.8%
May 2562.3%75.4%
Jun 2562.0%75.5%
Jul 2558.6%76.4%
Aug 2559.2%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

15.9%

Rank: 106 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn 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 Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthQueen Elizabeth, King's LynnNational Average
Sep 2410.5%9.9%
Oct 2411.8%11.2%
Nov 2413.5%10.8%
Dec 2415.7%12.1%
Jan 2515.7%12.7%
Feb 2518.0%11.3%
Mar 2515.6%9.7%
Apr 2515.7%10.1%
May 2512.1%9.4%
Jun 2513.0%8.9%
Jul 2515.9%8.3%
Aug 2515.9%8.9%
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