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Walsall Healthcare 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

71.1%

Rank: 11 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Aug 2464.5%58.3%
Sep 2465.5%58.5%
Oct 2465.7%58.9%
Nov 2466.4%59.2%
Dec 2466.8%58.9%
Jan 2567.7%58.9%
Feb 2569.3%59.2%
Mar 2569.5%59.8%
Apr 2569.6%59.7%
May 2570.0%60.9%
Jun 2571.5%61.5%
Jul 2571.1%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

0.2%

Rank: 9 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Aug 241.4%3.7%
Sep 241.1%3.3%
Oct 241.2%3.1%
Nov 241.1%3.0%
Dec 241.0%2.7%
Jan 250.8%2.7%
Feb 250.7%2.6%
Mar 250.4%2.4%
Apr 250.4%2.6%
May 250.3%2.7%
Jun 250.2%2.6%
Jul 250.2%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

87.2%

Rank: 4 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Aug 2486.1%75.5%
Sep 2488.1%74.9%
Oct 2488.3%77.1%
Nov 2475.9%77.4%
Dec 2470.1%78.1%
Jan 2583.7%73.4%
Feb 2587.4%80.2%
Mar 2585.5%78.9%
Apr 2587.4%76.7%
May 2584.1%74.8%
Jun 2585.6%76.8%
Jul 2587.2%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

79.3%

Rank: 17 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Aug 2477.1%69.5%
Sep 2473.8%67.4%
Oct 2481.6%68.2%
Nov 2484.7%69.4%
Dec 2476.2%71.3%
Jan 2581.2%67.3%
Feb 2577.4%67.0%
Mar 2585.1%71.4%
Apr 2578.1%69.9%
May 2583.1%67.8%
Jun 2580.3%67.1%
Jul 2579.3%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

26.6%

Rank: 85 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Aug 246.3%24.0%
Sep 244.0%22.7%
Oct 244.7%20.7%
Nov 242.9%19.9%
Dec 243.1%22.8%
Jan 254.2%22.4%
Feb 252.3%17.5%
Mar 258.6%18.4%
Apr 2519.9%21.2%
May 2526.1%22.0%
Jun 2526.5%21.3%
Jul 2526.6%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

78.0%

Rank: 30 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Sep 2476.2%74.2%
Oct 2474.3%73.1%
Nov 2474.0%72.2%
Dec 2473.3%71.1%
Jan 2572.7%73.0%
Feb 2573.2%73.5%
Mar 2575.3%75.0%
Apr 2575.8%74.8%
May 2579.5%75.4%
Jun 2578.7%75.5%
Jul 2577.0%76.4%
Aug 2578.0%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

5.2%

Rank: 31 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Walsall 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 Walsall - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWalsallNational Average
Sep 244.8%9.9%
Oct 245.4%11.2%
Nov 245.9%10.8%
Dec 247.7%12.1%
Jan 2510.0%12.7%
Feb 2510.4%11.3%
Mar 257.6%9.7%
Apr 256.8%10.1%
May 254.3%9.4%
Jun 253.7%8.9%
Jul 254.9%8.3%
Aug 255.2%8.9%
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