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University Hospitals Plymouth 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

61.0%

Rank: 58 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Aug 2459.0%58.3%
Sep 2458.9%58.5%
Oct 2459.4%58.9%
Nov 2459.8%59.2%
Dec 2459.8%58.9%
Jan 2559.3%58.9%
Feb 2559.5%59.2%
Mar 2560.3%59.8%
Apr 2559.8%59.7%
May 2560.5%60.9%
Jun 2561.3%61.5%
Jul 2561.0%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

3.5%

Rank: 94 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Aug 244.5%3.7%
Sep 244.1%3.3%
Oct 243.9%3.1%
Nov 243.7%3.0%
Dec 243.3%2.7%
Jan 253.6%2.7%
Feb 253.6%2.6%
Mar 253.4%2.4%
Apr 253.7%2.6%
May 253.9%2.7%
Jun 253.6%2.6%
Jul 253.5%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

81.1%

Rank: 31 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Aug 2480.1%75.5%
Sep 2479.6%74.9%
Oct 2481.7%77.1%
Nov 2484.0%77.4%
Dec 2483.7%78.1%
Jan 2577.5%73.4%
Feb 2586.3%80.2%
Mar 2582.2%78.9%
Apr 2578.3%76.7%
May 2577.8%74.8%
Jun 2583.0%76.8%
Jul 2581.1%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

64.7%

Rank: 89 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Aug 2468.1%69.5%
Sep 2473.7%67.4%
Oct 2468.7%68.2%
Nov 2467.8%69.4%
Dec 2467.1%71.3%
Jan 2560.9%67.3%
Feb 2565.9%67.0%
Mar 2570.9%71.4%
Apr 2563.7%69.9%
May 2560.5%67.8%
Jun 2560.6%67.1%
Jul 2564.7%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

16.0%

Rank: 52 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Aug 2426.3%24.0%
Sep 2423.7%22.7%
Oct 2417.5%20.7%
Nov 2416.0%19.9%
Dec 2416.4%22.8%
Jan 2517.2%22.4%
Feb 2510.8%17.5%
Mar 2511.4%18.4%
Apr 2515.2%21.2%
May 2518.1%22.0%
Jun 2515.9%21.3%
Jul 2516.0%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

71.1%

Rank: 75 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Sep 2466.3%74.2%
Oct 2466.5%73.1%
Nov 2466.1%72.2%
Dec 2463.7%71.1%
Jan 2566.1%73.0%
Feb 2566.4%73.5%
Mar 2565.8%75.0%
Apr 2567.0%74.8%
May 2570.0%75.4%
Jun 2569.0%75.5%
Jul 2572.3%76.4%
Aug 2571.1%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

13.2%

Rank: 87 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Plymouth 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 Plymouth - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthPlymouth National Average
Sep 2413.4%9.9%
Oct 2416.7%11.2%
Nov 2416.7%10.8%
Dec 2416.5%12.1%
Jan 2519.8%12.7%
Feb 2517.2%11.3%
Mar 2518.5%9.7%
Apr 2515.9%10.1%
May 2514.9%9.4%
Jun 2517.7%8.9%
Jul 2510.1%8.3%
Aug 2513.2%8.9%
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