How to read these charts
Against the national standards
Each measure is drawn against its own NHS England standard: 95% for A&E within four hours, 85% for urgent cancer treatment within sixty-two days and 99% for diagnostic tests within six weeks. The charts do not share a standard and the three cancer measures are never added together.
Care Quality Commission
When CQC last rated this body
CQC has not rated Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust since 21 May 2020. Its judgements from then are still on CQC’s own site and are not shown here, because a rating more than 3 years old is not what CQC currently says about a body.
Monthly performance against national standards
Hover or use the arrow keys to read any month, with the figures the percentage was worked out from. Every chart opens as a table.
A&E Wait Times
Patients seen within four hours
91.2%
August 2026: 91.2 per cent, 974 of 1,068 attendances. Below the 95% standard.
All 17 months as a table
| Month | Performance | Of attendances |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 91.2%, Below the 95% standard | 974 of 1,068 |
| Jul 2026 | 90.8%, Below the 95% standard | 1,218 of 1,342 |
| Jun 2026 | 91.7%, Below the 95% standard | 1,199 of 1,307 |
| May 2026 | 93.4%, Below the 95% standard | 948 of 1,015 |
| Apr 2026 | 94.9%, Below the 95% standard | 1,076 of 1,134 |
| Mar 2026 | 96.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,185 of 1,223 |
| Feb 2026 | 99.0%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,011 of 1,021 |
| Jan 2026 | 99.3%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,033 of 1,040 |
| Dec 2025 | 98.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,022 of 1,033 |
| Nov 2025 | 97.7%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,037 of 1,062 |
| Oct 2025 | 94.8%, Below the 95% standard | 1,142 of 1,205 |
| Sept 2025 | 94.3%, Below the 95% standard | 1,102 of 1,169 |
| Aug 2025 | 98.2%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,042 of 1,061 |
| Jul 2025 | 94.0%, Below the 95% standard | 1,231 of 1,310 |
| Jun 2025 | 95.4%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,230 of 1,289 |
| May 2025 | 92.4%, Below the 95% standard | 1,103 of 1,194 |
| Apr 2025 | 96.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 1,145 of 1,182 |
Waiting times (RTT)
Referral to treatment: waiting under eighteen weeks to start treatment
Not reported by this body.
Diagnostic tests (DM01)
Waiting under six weeks for a scan, a scope or a test
32.5%
July 2026: 32.5 per cent, 284 of 875 people waiting. Below the 99% standard.
All 4 months as a table
| Month | Performance | Of people waiting |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 32.5%, Below the 99% standard | 284 of 875 |
| Jun 2026 | 29.9%, Below the 99% standard | 274 of 915 |
| May 2026 | 29.9%, Below the 99% standard | 265 of 887 |
| Apr 2026 | 30.5%, Below the 99% standard | 280 of 918 |
Cancer diagnosis (FDS)
Faster diagnosis standard: told the outcome within twenty-eight days
Not reported by this body.
Cancer (31-day)
Decision to treat to first treatment within thirty-one days
Not reported by this body.
Cancer (62-day)
Urgent referral to first treatment within sixty-two days
Not reported by this body.
4 measures are marked as not reported. NHS England publishes each of these against the providers that deliver the service, so an absence is usually the kind of body rather than a figure we have failed to collect.