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The Rotherham 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

66.5%

Rank: 21 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Aug 2461.5%58.3%
Sep 2462.0%58.5%
Oct 2462.7%58.9%
Nov 2462.6%59.2%
Dec 2463.1%58.9%
Jan 2563.7%58.9%
Feb 2563.6%59.2%
Mar 2564.7%59.8%
Apr 2565.8%59.7%
May 2568.2%60.9%
Jun 2567.9%61.5%
Jul 2566.5%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: 47 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Aug 242.3%3.7%
Sep 242.5%3.3%
Oct 242.6%3.1%
Nov 242.8%3.0%
Dec 242.7%2.7%
Jan 252.9%2.7%
Feb 252.6%2.6%
Mar 252.5%2.4%
Apr 252.4%2.6%
May 252.3%2.7%
Jun 252.0%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

80.6%

Rank: 35 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Aug 2480.3%75.5%
Sep 2480.0%74.9%
Oct 2480.2%77.1%
Nov 2484.3%77.4%
Dec 2485.1%78.1%
Jan 2576.6%73.4%
Feb 2584.8%80.2%
Mar 2580.9%78.9%
Apr 2580.1%76.7%
May 2570.1%74.8%
Jun 2578.0%76.8%
Jul 2580.6%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

70.4%

Rank: 60 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Aug 2480.9%69.5%
Sep 2473.4%67.4%
Oct 2474.6%68.2%
Nov 2480.8%69.4%
Dec 2484.0%71.3%
Jan 2568.7%67.3%
Feb 2568.7%67.0%
Mar 2577.9%71.4%
Apr 2572.0%69.9%
May 2570.3%67.8%
Jun 2567.6%67.1%
Jul 2570.4%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

0.8%

Rank: 3 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Aug 240.9%24.0%
Sep 240.5%22.7%
Oct 241.0%20.7%
Nov 241.0%19.9%
Dec 240.8%22.8%
Jan 250.4%22.4%
Feb 250.5%17.5%
Mar 250.6%18.4%
Apr 250.6%21.2%
May 250.6%22.0%
Jun 250.6%21.3%
Jul 250.8%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

70.8%

Rank: 77 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Sep 2464.9%74.2%
Oct 2462.6%73.1%
Nov 2462.1%72.2%
Dec 2457.9%71.1%
Jan 2558.7%73.0%
Feb 2563.7%73.5%
Mar 2565.5%75.0%
Apr 2568.7%74.8%
May 2568.6%75.4%
Jun 2573.5%75.5%
Jul 2571.3%76.4%
Aug 2570.8%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

1.1%

Rank: 7 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Rotherham 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 Rotherham - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRotherham National Average
Sep 243.2%9.9%
Oct 245.6%11.2%
Nov 244.6%10.8%
Dec 246.6%12.1%
Jan 259.1%12.7%
Feb 255.4%11.3%
Mar 254.3%9.7%
Apr 252.7%10.1%
May 251.6%9.4%
Jun 251.1%8.9%
Jul 251.3%8.3%
Aug 251.1%8.9%
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