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University Hospitals Of Leicester 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

53.4%

Rank: 110 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Aug 2457.2%58.3%
Sep 2456.8%58.5%
Oct 2457.1%58.9%
Nov 2457.3%59.2%
Dec 2456.0%58.9%
Jan 2554.9%58.9%
Feb 2554.8%59.2%
Mar 2555.2%59.8%
Apr 2556.0%59.7%
May 2557.0%60.9%
Jun 2556.6%61.5%
Jul 2553.4%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

2.9%

Rank: 79 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Aug 241.9%3.7%
Sep 241.8%3.3%
Oct 241.7%3.1%
Nov 241.8%3.0%
Dec 241.8%2.7%
Jan 252.0%2.7%
Feb 252.0%2.6%
Mar 251.8%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 252.0%2.7%
Jun 252.4%2.6%
Jul 252.9%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

69.5%

Rank: 108 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Aug 2475.9%75.5%
Sep 2475.1%74.9%
Oct 2479.4%77.1%
Nov 2480.4%77.4%
Dec 2478.7%78.1%
Jan 2575.8%73.4%
Feb 2583.4%80.2%
Mar 2582.2%78.9%
Apr 2579.4%76.7%
May 2577.7%74.8%
Jun 2575.2%76.8%
Jul 2569.5%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

54.5%

Rank: 115 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Aug 2459.7%69.5%
Sep 2457.0%67.4%
Oct 2458.5%68.2%
Nov 2458.7%69.4%
Dec 2462.0%71.3%
Jan 2558.0%67.3%
Feb 2553.1%67.0%
Mar 2560.3%71.4%
Apr 2566.8%69.9%
May 2558.0%67.8%
Jun 2556.2%67.1%
Jul 2554.5%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

26.5%

Rank: 84 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Aug 2422.5%24.0%
Sep 2420.8%22.7%
Oct 2424.8%20.7%
Nov 2424.6%19.9%
Dec 2425.8%22.8%
Jan 2527.8%22.4%
Feb 2518.3%17.5%
Mar 2515.4%18.4%
Apr 2518.7%21.2%
May 2520.7%22.0%
Jun 2522.7%21.3%
Jul 2526.5%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

63.1%

Rank: 107 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Sep 2458.9%74.2%
Oct 2459.4%73.1%
Nov 2457.9%72.2%
Dec 2459.2%71.1%
Jan 2560.0%73.0%
Feb 2560.8%73.5%
Mar 2558.9%75.0%
Apr 2559.7%74.8%
May 2561.5%75.4%
Jun 2560.8%75.5%
Jul 2564.7%76.4%
Aug 2563.1%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

11.6%

Rank: 77 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Leicester 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 Leicester - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthLeicester National Average
Sep 2411.4%9.9%
Oct 2412.6%11.2%
Nov 2411.8%10.8%
Dec 2411.5%12.1%
Jan 2513.1%12.7%
Feb 2511.7%11.3%
Mar 2511.2%9.7%
Apr 2511.1%10.1%
May 2510.0%9.4%
Jun 259.7%8.9%
Jul 259.0%8.3%
Aug 2511.6%8.9%
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