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The Royal Marsden 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

95.6%

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for The Royal Marsden 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 The Royal Marsden - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthThe Royal Marsden National Average
Aug 2494.3%58.3%
Sep 2494.3%58.5%
Oct 2494.1%58.9%
Nov 2494.5%59.2%
Dec 2494.2%58.9%
Jan 2594.0%58.9%
Feb 2593.2%59.2%
Mar 2593.2%59.8%
Apr 2592.1%59.7%
May 2594.0%60.9%
Jun 2594.5%61.5%
Jul 2595.6%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

0.1%

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for The Royal Marsden 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 The Royal Marsden - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthThe Royal Marsden National Average
Aug 240.3%3.7%
Sep 240.3%3.3%
Oct 240.3%3.1%
Nov 240.2%3.0%
Dec 240.3%2.7%
Jan 250.2%2.7%
Feb 250.2%2.6%
Mar 250.1%2.4%
Apr 250.2%2.6%
May 250.2%2.7%
Jun 250.3%2.6%
Jul 250.1%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

90.3%

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for The Royal Marsden 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 The Royal Marsden - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthThe Royal Marsden National Average
Aug 2487.9%75.5%
Sep 2489.7%74.9%
Oct 2488.9%77.1%
Nov 2489.0%77.4%
Dec 2491.7%78.1%
Jan 2588.8%73.4%
Feb 2591.8%80.2%
Mar 2590.5%78.9%
Apr 2591.8%76.7%
May 2589.3%74.8%
Jun 2589.3%76.8%
Jul 2590.3%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

68.1%

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for The Royal Marsden 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 The Royal Marsden - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthThe Royal Marsden National Average
Aug 2470.4%69.5%
Sep 2470.4%67.4%
Oct 2471.3%68.2%
Nov 2464.7%69.4%
Dec 2474.8%71.3%
Jan 2568.7%67.3%
Feb 2577.2%67.0%
Mar 2571.8%71.4%
Apr 2571.0%69.9%
May 2567.3%67.8%
Jun 2578.2%67.1%
Jul 2568.1%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

2.0%

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for The Royal Marsden 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 The Royal Marsden - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthThe Royal Marsden National Average
Aug 244.4%24.0%
Sep 243.7%22.7%
Oct 243.5%20.7%
Nov 243.2%19.9%
Dec 247.2%22.8%
Jan 252.8%22.4%
Feb 252.8%17.5%
Mar 252.9%18.4%
Apr 252.0%21.2%
May 251.7%22.0%
Jun 251.6%21.3%
Jul 252.0%21.9%
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Accident and Emergency

A&E 4-hour performance

No data available

This Provider does not have performance data available for this metric. This could be because the Provider does not provide this service or data has not yet been reported.

A&E 12-hour performance

No data available

This Provider does not have performance data available for this metric. This could be because the Provider does not provide this service or data has not yet been reported.