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The Shrewsbury And Telford 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

56.4%

Rank: 93 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Aug 2444.5%58.3%
Sep 2444.1%58.5%
Oct 2447.3%58.9%
Nov 2448.5%59.2%
Dec 2446.3%58.9%
Jan 2548.2%58.9%
Feb 2548.9%59.2%
Mar 2548.1%59.8%
Apr 2549.6%59.7%
May 2553.0%60.9%
Jun 2554.9%61.5%
Jul 2556.4%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

1.3%

Rank: 27 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Aug 248.1%3.7%
Sep 247.1%3.3%
Oct 246.5%3.1%
Nov 246.4%3.0%
Dec 246.4%2.7%
Jan 255.4%2.7%
Feb 254.6%2.6%
Mar 253.6%2.4%
Apr 253.2%2.6%
May 253.0%2.7%
Jun 251.9%2.6%
Jul 251.3%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

75.5%

Rank: 76 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Aug 2467.6%75.5%
Sep 2467.6%74.9%
Oct 2470.4%77.1%
Nov 2469.2%77.4%
Dec 2466.7%78.1%
Jan 2557.5%73.4%
Feb 2565.1%80.2%
Mar 2562.5%78.9%
Apr 2568.6%76.7%
May 2571.4%74.8%
Jun 2572.5%76.8%
Jul 2575.5%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

66.6%

Rank: 83 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Aug 2453.4%69.5%
Sep 2451.4%67.4%
Oct 2455.4%68.2%
Nov 2464.0%69.4%
Dec 2463.3%71.3%
Jan 2552.9%67.3%
Feb 2554.7%67.0%
Mar 2566.6%71.4%
Apr 2556.6%69.9%
May 2563.1%67.8%
Jun 2562.6%67.1%
Jul 2566.6%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

16.6%

Rank: 55 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Aug 2442.4%24.0%
Sep 2440.8%22.7%
Oct 2440.8%20.7%
Nov 2442.5%19.9%
Dec 2446.5%22.8%
Jan 2543.1%22.4%
Feb 2528.4%17.5%
Mar 2521.8%18.4%
Apr 2521.3%21.2%
May 2520.4%22.0%
Jun 2517.7%21.3%
Jul 2516.6%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

52.1%

Rank: 116 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Sep 2452.2%74.2%
Oct 2452.2%73.1%
Nov 2450.7%72.2%
Dec 2450.3%71.1%
Jan 2552.3%73.0%
Feb 2552.6%73.5%
Mar 2552.5%75.0%
Apr 2547.0%74.8%
May 2549.5%75.4%
Jun 2553.0%75.5%
Jul 2552.8%76.4%
Aug 2552.1%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

–

No data available

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Shrewsbury and Telford 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 Shrewsbury and Telford - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthShrewsbury and Telford National Average
Sep 24—9.9%
Oct 24—11.2%
Nov 24—10.8%
Dec 24—12.1%
Jan 25—12.7%
Feb 25—11.3%
Mar 25—9.7%
Apr 25—10.1%
May 25—9.4%
Jun 2521.8%8.9%
Jul 2521.4%8.3%
Aug 25—8.9%
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