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Torbay And South Devon 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

69.7%

Rank: 13 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Aug 2460.0%58.3%
Sep 2461.2%58.5%
Oct 2462.2%58.9%
Nov 2461.6%59.2%
Dec 2461.6%58.9%
Jan 2561.3%58.9%
Feb 2562.2%59.2%
Mar 2563.3%59.8%
Apr 2563.3%59.7%
May 2565.6%60.9%
Jun 2568.2%61.5%
Jul 2569.7%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

1.8%

Rank: 42 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Aug 245.1%3.7%
Sep 244.8%3.3%
Oct 244.3%3.1%
Nov 243.9%3.0%
Dec 243.7%2.7%
Jan 253.6%2.7%
Feb 253.5%2.6%
Mar 252.7%2.4%
Apr 252.6%2.6%
May 252.4%2.7%
Jun 252.0%2.6%
Jul 251.8%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

70.1%

Rank: 106 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Aug 2479.0%75.5%
Sep 2480.1%74.9%
Oct 2478.4%77.1%
Nov 2471.4%77.4%
Dec 2482.1%78.1%
Jan 2575.5%73.4%
Feb 2583.2%80.2%
Mar 2579.2%78.9%
Apr 2575.1%76.7%
May 2570.5%74.8%
Jun 2575.6%76.8%
Jul 2570.1%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

58.1%

Rank: 109 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Aug 2474.3%69.5%
Sep 2473.2%67.4%
Oct 2477.5%68.2%
Nov 2482.0%69.4%
Dec 2477.4%71.3%
Jan 2574.7%67.3%
Feb 2568.7%67.0%
Mar 2574.3%71.4%
Apr 2568.0%69.9%
May 2570.2%67.8%
Jun 2564.3%67.1%
Jul 2558.1%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

36.7%

Rank: 104 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Aug 2423.2%24.0%
Sep 2428.0%22.7%
Oct 2427.7%20.7%
Nov 2432.3%19.9%
Dec 2437.3%22.8%
Jan 2540.0%22.4%
Feb 2535.4%17.5%
Mar 2531.8%18.4%
Apr 2532.4%21.2%
May 2532.1%22.0%
Jun 2533.9%21.3%
Jul 2536.7%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

74.1%

Rank: 56 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Sep 2465.4%74.2%
Oct 2468.7%73.1%
Nov 2467.1%72.2%
Dec 2464.9%71.1%
Jan 2566.7%73.0%
Feb 2568.9%73.5%
Mar 2569.8%75.0%
Apr 2572.7%74.8%
May 2570.1%75.4%
Jun 2572.2%75.5%
Jul 2573.5%76.4%
Aug 2574.1%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

6.1%

Rank: 39 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Torbay and South Devon 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 Torbay and South Devon - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthTorbay and South Devon National Average
Sep 2412.3%9.9%
Oct 2415.3%11.2%
Nov 2413.3%10.8%
Dec 2412.1%12.1%
Jan 2513.6%12.7%
Feb 2511.7%11.3%
Mar 259.2%9.7%
Apr 256.5%10.1%
May 259.8%9.4%
Jun 257.4%8.9%
Jul 256.5%8.3%
Aug 256.1%8.9%
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