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United Lincolnshire Hospitals 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

54.5%

Rank: 103 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Aug 2451.6%58.3%
Sep 2450.8%58.5%
Oct 2452.2%58.9%
Nov 2452.6%59.2%
Dec 2453.3%58.9%
Jan 2553.7%58.9%
Feb 2553.7%59.2%
Mar 2553.5%59.8%
Apr 2553.8%59.7%
May 2554.2%60.9%
Jun 2554.6%61.5%
Jul 2554.5%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

2.7%

Rank: 75 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Aug 244.6%3.7%
Sep 244.1%3.3%
Oct 243.0%3.1%
Nov 242.7%3.0%
Dec 242.2%2.7%
Jan 252.2%2.7%
Feb 252.1%2.6%
Mar 252.3%2.4%
Apr 252.5%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.6%2.6%
Jul 252.7%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

76.0%

Rank: 73 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Aug 2476.3%75.5%
Sep 2478.3%74.9%
Oct 2479.5%77.1%
Nov 2480.5%77.4%
Dec 2479.7%78.1%
Jan 2575.2%73.4%
Feb 2580.3%80.2%
Mar 2578.0%78.9%
Apr 2572.5%76.7%
May 2575.8%74.8%
Jun 2577.7%76.8%
Jul 2576.0%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

64.5%

Rank: 91 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Aug 2462.6%69.5%
Sep 2463.2%67.4%
Oct 2465.1%68.2%
Nov 2467.7%69.4%
Dec 2471.8%71.3%
Jan 2562.4%67.3%
Feb 2559.8%67.0%
Mar 2571.3%71.4%
Apr 2567.3%69.9%
May 2565.9%67.8%
Jun 2564.7%67.1%
Jul 2564.5%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

25.2%

Rank: 79 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Aug 2427.1%24.0%
Sep 2424.4%22.7%
Oct 2425.5%20.7%
Nov 2426.1%19.9%
Dec 2434.3%22.8%
Jan 2532.4%22.4%
Feb 2526.8%17.5%
Mar 2531.7%18.4%
Apr 2532.5%21.2%
May 2527.0%22.0%
Jun 2524.0%21.3%
Jul 2525.2%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

64.9%

Rank: 100 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Sep 2464.3%74.2%
Oct 2462.6%73.1%
Nov 2462.5%72.2%
Dec 2460.4%71.1%
Jan 2563.4%73.0%
Feb 2563.3%73.5%
Mar 2569.6%75.0%
Apr 2568.0%74.8%
May 2566.0%75.4%
Jun 2564.6%75.5%
Jul 2563.4%76.4%
Aug 2564.9%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

19.6%

Rank: 109 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for United Lincolnshire 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 United Lincolnshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUnited Lincolnshire National Average
Sep 2419.9%9.9%
Oct 2421.4%11.2%
Nov 2417.8%10.8%
Dec 2418.6%12.1%
Jan 2522.5%12.7%
Feb 2520.5%11.3%
Mar 2511.5%9.7%
Apr 2517.3%10.1%
May 2517.7%9.4%
Jun 2519.2%8.9%
Jul 2518.9%8.3%
Aug 2519.6%8.9%
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