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Whittington Health 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

65.1%

Rank: 30 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Aug 2464.0%58.3%
Sep 2462.1%58.5%
Oct 2464.3%58.9%
Nov 2465.4%59.2%
Dec 2464.5%58.9%
Jan 2562.4%58.9%
Feb 2562.8%59.2%
Mar 2562.7%59.8%
Apr 2563.3%59.7%
May 2566.3%60.9%
Jun 2564.5%61.5%
Jul 2565.1%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

1.5%

Rank: 34 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Aug 241.7%3.7%
Sep 241.5%3.3%
Oct 241.5%3.1%
Nov 241.2%3.0%
Dec 240.9%2.7%
Jan 250.9%2.7%
Feb 251.1%2.6%
Mar 251.2%2.4%
Apr 251.2%2.6%
May 251.4%2.7%
Jun 251.4%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

72.0%

Rank: 101 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Aug 2463.7%75.5%
Sep 2469.3%74.9%
Oct 2471.2%77.1%
Nov 2469.6%77.4%
Dec 2472.7%78.1%
Jan 2554.9%73.4%
Feb 2576.1%80.2%
Mar 2580.3%78.9%
Apr 2579.1%76.7%
May 2580.8%74.8%
Jun 2581.9%76.8%
Jul 2572.0%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

81.0%

Rank: 14 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Aug 2464.5%69.5%
Sep 2465.2%67.4%
Oct 2464.2%68.2%
Nov 2461.8%69.4%
Dec 2478.1%71.3%
Jan 2570.9%67.3%
Feb 2566.9%67.0%
Mar 2584.4%71.4%
Apr 2579.6%69.9%
May 2580.8%67.8%
Jun 2578.7%67.1%
Jul 2581.0%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

12.3%

Rank: 35 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Aug 245.7%24.0%
Sep 245.1%22.7%
Oct 244.0%20.7%
Nov 244.5%19.9%
Dec 247.6%22.8%
Jan 256.3%22.4%
Feb 253.5%17.5%
Mar 255.6%18.4%
Apr 259.6%21.2%
May 2513.3%22.0%
Jun 2510.5%21.3%
Jul 2512.3%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

71.2%

Rank: 74 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Sep 2472.2%74.2%
Oct 2473.7%73.1%
Nov 2470.8%72.2%
Dec 2467.9%71.1%
Jan 2568.4%73.0%
Feb 2566.8%73.5%
Mar 2572.0%75.0%
Apr 2570.3%74.8%
May 2571.6%75.4%
Jun 2573.2%75.5%
Jul 2574.8%76.4%
Aug 2571.2%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

7.4%

Rank: 48 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Whittington Health 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 Whittington Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWhittington Health National Average
Sep 24—9.9%
Oct 2410.1%11.2%
Nov 248.3%10.8%
Dec 2411.5%12.1%
Jan 2512.6%12.7%
Feb 2511.6%11.3%
Mar 255.8%9.7%
Apr 259.2%10.1%
May 257.6%9.4%
Jun 255.9%8.9%
Jul 257.7%8.3%
Aug 257.4%8.9%
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