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Worcestershire Acute 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

59.2%

Rank: 66 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Aug 2456.0%58.3%
Sep 2456.3%58.5%
Oct 2456.9%58.9%
Nov 2456.5%59.2%
Dec 2455.5%58.9%
Jan 2555.3%58.9%
Feb 2558.2%59.2%
Mar 2559.3%59.8%
Apr 2559.3%59.7%
May 2559.8%60.9%
Jun 2559.9%61.5%
Jul 2559.2%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

1.7%

Rank: 39 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Aug 242.9%3.7%
Sep 242.6%3.3%
Oct 242.6%3.1%
Nov 242.3%3.0%
Dec 242.1%2.7%
Jan 251.8%2.7%
Feb 251.7%2.6%
Mar 251.5%2.4%
Apr 251.6%2.6%
May 251.7%2.7%
Jun 251.7%2.6%
Jul 251.7%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

77.2%

Rank: 65 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Aug 2480.4%75.5%
Sep 2480.0%74.9%
Oct 2482.5%77.1%
Nov 2477.6%77.4%
Dec 2477.3%78.1%
Jan 2577.0%73.4%
Feb 2579.9%80.2%
Mar 2578.9%78.9%
Apr 2574.6%76.7%
May 2570.0%74.8%
Jun 2575.4%76.8%
Jul 2577.2%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

57.3%

Rank: 111 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Aug 2468.6%69.5%
Sep 2472.0%67.4%
Oct 2467.0%68.2%
Nov 2460.3%69.4%
Dec 2459.8%71.3%
Jan 2561.6%67.3%
Feb 2559.7%67.0%
Mar 2571.1%71.4%
Apr 2564.5%69.9%
May 2557.4%67.8%
Jun 2558.5%67.1%
Jul 2557.3%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

24.9%

Rank: 74 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Aug 2434.7%24.0%
Sep 2429.2%22.7%
Oct 2422.6%20.7%
Nov 2419.5%19.9%
Dec 2417.0%22.8%
Jan 2515.9%22.4%
Feb 2512.0%17.5%
Mar 2514.4%18.4%
Apr 2516.7%21.2%
May 2516.2%22.0%
Jun 2520.9%21.3%
Jul 2524.9%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

64.5%

Rank: 103 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Sep 2468.4%74.2%
Oct 2465.1%73.1%
Nov 2454.4%72.2%
Dec 2453.0%71.1%
Jan 2558.7%73.0%
Feb 2566.2%73.5%
Mar 2566.0%75.0%
Apr 2560.9%74.8%
May 2565.1%75.4%
Jun 2566.1%75.5%
Jul 2566.4%76.4%
Aug 2564.5%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

14.6%

Rank: 102 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWorcestershire National Average
Sep 2416.5%9.9%
Oct 2417.9%11.2%
Nov 2419.5%10.8%
Dec 2421.9%12.1%
Jan 2521.1%12.7%
Feb 2518.1%11.3%
Mar 2516.8%9.7%
Apr 2518.4%10.1%
May 2515.7%9.4%
Jun 2514.6%8.9%
Jul 2512.8%8.3%
Aug 2514.6%8.9%
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