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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

60.7%

Rank: 53 of 118

National Average

61.0%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Sep 2458.1%58.5%
Oct 2458.4%58.9%
Nov 2458.3%59.2%
Dec 2455.8%58.9%
Jan 2555.5%58.9%
Feb 2556.5%59.2%
Mar 2557.6%59.8%
Apr 2559.7%59.7%
May 2563.0%60.9%
Jun 2562.5%61.5%
Jul 2561.8%61.3%
Aug 2560.7%61.0%
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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

2.8%

Rank: 74 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Sep 243.3%3.3%
Oct 243.1%3.1%
Nov 242.9%3.0%
Dec 242.7%2.7%
Jan 252.5%2.7%
Feb 252.5%2.6%
Mar 252.2%2.4%
Apr 252.4%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.8%2.6%
Jul 252.7%2.6%
Aug 252.8%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

67.1%

Rank: 99 of 118

National Average

74.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Sep 2476.0%74.9%
Oct 2476.4%77.0%
Nov 2478.9%77.3%
Dec 2471.9%78.0%
Jan 2561.7%73.4%
Feb 2578.3%80.2%
Mar 2575.3%79.0%
Apr 2571.5%76.7%
May 2567.3%74.8%
Jun 2573.4%76.8%
Jul 2572.2%76.6%
Aug 2567.1%74.6%
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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

75.1%

Rank: 41 of 118

National Average

69.1%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Sep 2476.6%67.4%
Oct 2475.3%68.5%
Nov 2481.3%69.8%
Dec 2474.1%71.7%
Jan 2572.8%67.6%
Feb 2573.9%67.2%
Mar 2577.5%71.4%
Apr 2576.0%69.9%
May 2575.8%67.8%
Jun 2578.4%67.1%
Jul 2575.8%69.2%
Aug 2575.1%69.1%
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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

11.2%

Rank: 29 of 117

National Average

24.0%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Sep 244.1%22.7%
Oct 244.1%20.7%
Nov 249.4%19.9%
Dec 2418.4%22.8%
Jan 2514.1%22.4%
Feb 258.7%17.5%
Mar 257.6%18.4%
Apr 2512.2%21.2%
May 2512.0%22.0%
Jun 259.1%21.3%
Jul 259.3%21.9%
Aug 2511.2%24.0%
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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

57.1%

Rank: 115 of 118

National Average

75.0%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Sept 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Oct 2460.8%73.1%
Nov 2466.1%72.2%
Dec 2461.6%71.1%
Jan 2560.9%73.0%
Feb 2561.5%73.5%
Mar 2562.1%75.0%
Apr 2563.1%74.8%
May 2563.0%75.4%
Jun 2561.5%75.5%
Jul 2561.4%76.4%
Aug 2560.6%75.9%
Sep 2557.1%75.0%
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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

24.1%

Rank: 108 of 110

National Average

9.8%

Providers: 134 (110 ranked)

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Performance table for Wirral showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Sept 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for Wirral - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWirralNational Average
Oct 2421.6%11.3%
Nov 2410.9%
Dec 2425.1%12.3%
Jan 2524.4%12.9%
Feb 2523.5%11.4%
Mar 2521.0%9.9%
Apr 2521.2%10.1%
May 2522.3%9.4%
Jun 2521.8%8.9%
Jul 2521.5%8.3%
Aug 2520.1%8.9%
Sep 2524.1%9.8%
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