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West Hertfordshire Teaching 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

64.8%

Rank: 33 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Aug 2457.4%58.3%
Sep 2458.3%58.5%
Oct 2459.7%58.9%
Nov 2460.5%59.2%
Dec 2461.6%58.9%
Jan 2560.8%58.9%
Feb 2561.1%59.2%
Mar 2562.1%59.8%
Apr 2562.2%59.7%
May 2563.6%60.9%
Jun 2564.5%61.5%
Jul 2564.8%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

1.5%

Rank: 35 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Aug 243.0%3.7%
Sep 242.3%3.3%
Oct 241.8%3.1%
Nov 241.5%3.0%
Dec 241.6%2.7%
Jan 252.0%2.7%
Feb 252.0%2.6%
Mar 251.9%2.4%
Apr 252.0%2.6%
May 251.9%2.7%
Jun 251.8%2.6%
Jul 251.5%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

86.9%

Rank: 5 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Aug 2483.6%75.5%
Sep 2481.0%74.9%
Oct 2482.9%77.1%
Nov 2482.7%77.4%
Dec 2482.3%78.1%
Jan 2578.4%73.4%
Feb 2587.1%80.2%
Mar 2584.9%78.9%
Apr 2584.7%76.7%
May 2584.0%74.8%
Jun 2585.4%76.8%
Jul 2586.9%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

78.0%

Rank: 24 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Aug 2474.9%69.5%
Sep 2478.7%67.4%
Oct 2476.0%68.2%
Nov 2478.4%69.4%
Dec 2487.2%71.3%
Jan 2578.0%67.3%
Feb 2579.9%67.0%
Mar 2580.4%71.4%
Apr 2579.8%69.9%
May 2577.4%67.8%
Jun 2578.8%67.1%
Jul 2578.0%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

16.7%

Rank: 56 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Aug 247.9%24.0%
Sep 248.0%22.7%
Oct 246.6%20.7%
Nov 245.3%19.9%
Dec 249.7%22.8%
Jan 2512.2%22.4%
Feb 258.2%17.5%
Mar 259.7%18.4%
Apr 2510.8%21.2%
May 2511.8%22.0%
Jun 2514.4%21.3%
Jul 2516.7%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

84.3%

Rank: 3 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Sep 2481.7%74.2%
Oct 2477.7%73.1%
Nov 2475.9%72.2%
Dec 2476.4%71.1%
Jan 2580.3%73.0%
Feb 2579.8%73.5%
Mar 2581.9%75.0%
Apr 2584.3%74.8%
May 2583.7%75.4%
Jun 2585.6%75.5%
Jul 2584.4%76.4%
Aug 2584.3%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

5.9%

Rank: 37 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for West Hertfordshire 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 West Hertfordshire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest HertfordshireNational Average
Sep 245.7%9.9%
Oct 248.2%11.2%
Nov 248.8%10.8%
Dec 247.3%12.1%
Jan 2510.3%12.7%
Feb 259.4%11.3%
Mar 258.5%9.7%
Apr 258.0%10.1%
May 258.4%9.4%
Jun 255.8%8.9%
Jul 255.9%8.3%
Aug 255.9%8.9%
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