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York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation 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

58.6%

Rank: 73 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Aug 2455.9%58.3%
Sep 2455.4%58.5%
Oct 2455.4%58.9%
Nov 2455.5%59.2%
Dec 2454.3%58.9%
Jan 2553.9%58.9%
Feb 2553.6%59.2%
Mar 2555.2%59.8%
Apr 2556.6%59.7%
May 2558.0%60.9%
Jun 2559.4%61.5%
Jul 2558.6%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

3.2%

Rank: 88 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Aug 242.9%3.7%
Sep 242.6%3.3%
Oct 242.6%3.1%
Nov 243.0%3.0%
Dec 242.8%2.7%
Jan 252.7%2.7%
Feb 252.7%2.6%
Mar 252.3%2.4%
Apr 252.3%2.6%
May 252.8%2.7%
Jun 252.9%2.6%
Jul 253.2%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

68.1%

Rank: 110 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Aug 2471.8%75.5%
Sep 2467.2%74.9%
Oct 2471.6%77.1%
Nov 2470.0%77.4%
Dec 2472.3%78.1%
Jan 2562.2%73.4%
Feb 2572.1%80.2%
Mar 2570.6%78.9%
Apr 2567.4%76.7%
May 2567.9%74.8%
Jun 2569.8%76.8%
Jul 2568.1%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

66.8%

Rank: 82 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Aug 2476.5%69.5%
Sep 2466.3%67.4%
Oct 2470.3%68.2%
Nov 2471.7%69.4%
Dec 2466.4%71.3%
Jan 2570.6%67.3%
Feb 2566.8%67.0%
Mar 2568.0%71.4%
Apr 2566.9%69.9%
May 2566.3%67.8%
Jun 2562.2%67.1%
Jul 2566.8%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

36.7%

Rank: 105 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Aug 2430.9%24.0%
Sep 2427.1%22.7%
Oct 2423.6%20.7%
Nov 2424.6%19.9%
Dec 2427.4%22.8%
Jan 2530.9%22.4%
Feb 2526.5%17.5%
Mar 2531.6%18.4%
Apr 2537.3%21.2%
May 2534.7%22.0%
Jun 2536.0%21.3%
Jul 2536.7%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

68.9%

Rank: 87 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Sep 2464.4%74.2%
Oct 2462.5%73.1%
Nov 2462.4%72.2%
Dec 2461.0%71.1%
Jan 2563.1%73.0%
Feb 2566.2%73.5%
Mar 2565.1%75.0%
Apr 2563.8%74.8%
May 2568.6%75.4%
Jun 2569.4%75.5%
Jul 2569.7%76.4%
Aug 2568.9%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

13.2%

Rank: 87 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for York and Scarborough 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 York and Scarborough - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthYork and Scarborough National Average
Sep 2419.1%9.9%
Oct 2421.2%11.2%
Nov 2420.8%10.8%
Dec 2423.0%12.1%
Jan 2522.0%12.7%
Feb 2516.3%11.3%
Mar 2515.5%9.7%
Apr 2519.8%10.1%
May 2512.6%9.4%
Jun 2512.0%8.9%
Jul 2512.8%8.3%
Aug 2513.2%8.9%
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