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The Royal Wolverhampton 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

55.2%

Rank: 101 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Aug 2453.8%58.3%
Sep 2452.8%58.5%
Oct 2453.1%58.9%
Nov 2452.9%59.2%
Dec 2452.4%58.9%
Jan 2551.4%58.9%
Feb 2550.9%59.2%
Mar 2551.5%59.8%
Apr 2552.1%59.7%
May 2554.3%60.9%
Jun 2555.5%61.5%
Jul 2555.2%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

2.8%

Rank: 77 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Aug 241.9%3.7%
Sep 241.7%3.3%
Oct 241.7%3.1%
Nov 242.0%3.0%
Dec 242.0%2.7%
Jan 252.4%2.7%
Feb 252.2%2.6%
Mar 252.4%2.4%
Apr 252.5%2.6%
May 253.1%2.7%
Jun 253.0%2.6%
Jul 252.8%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

80.0%

Rank: 40 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Aug 2472.2%75.5%
Sep 2474.7%74.9%
Oct 2476.7%77.1%
Nov 2480.3%77.4%
Dec 2480.8%78.1%
Jan 2577.5%73.4%
Feb 2581.8%80.2%
Mar 2578.8%78.9%
Apr 2580.0%76.7%
May 2580.1%74.8%
Jun 2580.0%76.8%
Jul 2580.0%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

70.2%

Rank: 61 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Aug 2455.6%69.5%
Sep 2461.5%67.4%
Oct 2463.9%68.2%
Nov 2465.6%69.4%
Dec 2467.4%71.3%
Jan 2570.2%67.3%
Feb 2570.4%67.0%
Mar 2573.1%71.4%
Apr 2569.6%69.9%
May 2571.3%67.8%
Jun 2572.2%67.1%
Jul 2570.2%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

3.4%

Rank: 12 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Aug 246.4%24.0%
Sep 244.3%22.7%
Oct 243.6%20.7%
Nov 242.4%19.9%
Dec 243.3%22.8%
Jan 252.1%22.4%
Feb 251.8%17.5%
Mar 252.2%18.4%
Apr 253.0%21.2%
May 254.8%22.0%
Jun 254.1%21.3%
Jul 253.4%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

80.6%

Rank: 12 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Sep 2479.9%74.2%
Oct 2481.0%73.1%
Nov 2478.9%72.2%
Dec 2479.0%71.1%
Jan 2581.7%73.0%
Feb 2581.9%73.5%
Mar 2581.6%75.0%
Apr 2582.6%74.8%
May 2581.5%75.4%
Jun 2582.8%75.5%
Jul 2581.9%76.4%
Aug 2580.6%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

10.2%

Rank: 69 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Royal Wolverhampton 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 Royal Wolverhampton - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthRoyal Wolverhampton National Average
Sep 2410.5%9.9%
Oct 2410.8%11.2%
Nov 2412.2%10.8%
Dec 2414.1%12.1%
Jan 2512.5%12.7%
Feb 2511.2%11.3%
Mar 2510.3%9.7%
Apr 258.5%10.1%
May 259.0%9.4%
Jun 257.6%8.9%
Jul 259.5%8.3%
Aug 2510.2%8.9%
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