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University College London Hospitals 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

59.1%

Rank: 67 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Aug 2459.4%58.3%
Sep 2459.1%58.5%
Oct 2459.1%58.9%
Nov 2459.5%59.2%
Dec 2459.0%58.9%
Jan 2558.8%58.9%
Feb 2558.9%59.2%
Mar 2559.2%59.8%
Apr 2558.8%59.7%
May 2560.3%60.9%
Jun 2560.6%61.5%
Jul 2559.1%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: 46 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Aug 242.2%3.7%
Sep 242.0%3.3%
Oct 241.8%3.1%
Nov 242.0%3.0%
Dec 241.9%2.7%
Jan 251.9%2.7%
Feb 251.8%2.6%
Mar 251.6%2.4%
Apr 251.7%2.6%
May 251.9%2.7%
Jun 251.8%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

83.7%

Rank: 10 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Aug 2484.8%75.5%
Sep 2483.3%74.9%
Oct 2484.9%77.1%
Nov 2484.2%77.4%
Dec 2483.8%78.1%
Jan 2577.3%73.4%
Feb 2583.4%80.2%
Mar 2584.5%78.9%
Apr 2581.2%76.7%
May 2577.9%74.8%
Jun 2580.6%76.8%
Jul 2583.7%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

75.1%

Rank: 38 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Aug 2475.7%69.5%
Sep 2473.0%67.4%
Oct 2475.1%68.2%
Nov 2477.2%69.4%
Dec 2481.1%71.3%
Jan 2573.5%67.3%
Feb 2574.0%67.0%
Mar 2575.4%71.4%
Apr 2575.3%69.9%
May 2571.1%67.8%
Jun 2570.1%67.1%
Jul 2575.1%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

9.5%

Rank: 26 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Aug 246.2%24.0%
Sep 246.9%22.7%
Oct 246.6%20.7%
Nov 244.7%19.9%
Dec 246.8%22.8%
Jan 257.9%22.4%
Feb 255.8%17.5%
Mar 258.1%18.4%
Apr 259.4%21.2%
May 258.1%22.0%
Jun 258.9%21.3%
Jul 259.5%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

74.5%

Rank: 51 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Sep 2473.1%74.2%
Oct 2472.6%73.1%
Nov 2469.4%72.2%
Dec 2470.4%71.1%
Jan 2573.5%73.0%
Feb 2574.1%73.5%
Mar 2572.8%75.0%
Apr 2571.5%74.8%
May 2570.1%75.4%
Jun 2573.9%75.5%
Jul 2574.6%76.4%
Aug 2574.5%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

2.7%

Rank: 13 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for University College London 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 University College London - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthUniversity College London National Average
Sep 243.2%9.9%
Oct 243.9%11.2%
Nov 244.2%10.8%
Dec 243.9%12.1%
Jan 254.4%12.7%
Feb 253.8%11.3%
Mar 252.9%9.7%
Apr 253.6%10.1%
May 253.6%9.4%
Jun 252.1%8.9%
Jul 251.8%8.3%
Aug 252.7%8.9%
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