PublicPapers

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trustNorth East and YorkshireEngland
Watch

Share this page

How to read these chartsEach measure uses its own NHS England standard

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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust since 16 October 2019. 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.

Read what CQC publishes on its own site

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

91.8%

Aug 2026

22,786 of 24,811 attendances

−0.2 pts since Jul 2026

Below the 95% standard · −3.2 points

80%90%100%95% standardMay 2025Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026

August 2026: 91.8 per cent, 22,786 of 24,811 attendances. Below the 95% standard.

All 17 months as a table
A&E Wait Times by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf attendances
Aug 202691.8%, Below the 95% standard22,786 of 24,811
Jul 202692.0%, Below the 95% standard23,992 of 26,068
Jun 202691.2%, Below the 95% standard23,125 of 25,347
May 202691.0%, Below the 95% standard22,689 of 24,931
Apr 202691.0%, Below the 95% standard21,706 of 23,850
Mar 202691.1%, Below the 95% standard23,044 of 25,283
Feb 202687.5%, Below the 95% standard18,663 of 21,330
Jan 202686.4%, Below the 95% standard19,454 of 22,516
Dec 202587.1%, Below the 95% standard20,429 of 23,465
Nov 202588.9%, Below the 95% standard20,546 of 23,123
Oct 202587.7%, Below the 95% standard21,237 of 24,222
Sept 202589.0%, Below the 95% standard20,994 of 23,582
Aug 202590.4%, Below the 95% standard21,523 of 23,818
Jul 202591.9%, Below the 95% standard22,450 of 24,431
Jun 202591.5%, Below the 95% standard21,496 of 23,496
May 202590.4%, Below the 95% standard21,358 of 23,619
Apr 202589.0%, Below the 95% standard20,770 of 23,336
Dips every January are national, not local. NHS England monthly A&E data

Waiting times (RTT)

Referral to treatment: waiting under eighteen weeks to start treatment

83.9%

Jul 2026

33,099 of 39,442 people waiting

Level since Jun 2026

Below the 92% standard · −8.1 points

70%85%100%92% standardJul 2025Sept 2025Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 83.9 per cent, 33,099 of 39,442 people waiting. Below the 92% standard.

All 14 months as a table
Waiting times (RTT) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf people waiting
Jul 202683.9%, Below the 92% standard33,099 of 39,442
Jun 202683.9%, Below the 92% standard33,241 of 39,619
May 202683.0%, Below the 92% standard32,806 of 39,520
Apr 202682.0%, Below the 92% standard30,679 of 37,406
Mar 202682.8%, Below the 92% standard30,796 of 37,215
Feb 202681.5%, Below the 92% standard29,479 of 36,156
Jan 202680.8%, Below the 92% standard28,888 of 35,742
Dec 202581.0%, Below the 92% standard28,613 of 35,315
Nov 202581.9%, Below the 92% standard28,621 of 34,956
Oct 202582.7%, Below the 92% standard28,988 of 35,048
Sept 202582.6%, Below the 92% standard29,259 of 35,420
Aug 202582.0%, Below the 92% standard29,843 of 36,391
Jul 202582.2%, Below the 92% standard30,219 of 36,762
Jun 202581.3%, Below the 92% standard29,794 of 36,648
Incomplete pathways: people still waiting, not those already treated. NHS England monthly RTT data

Diagnostic tests (DM01)

Waiting under six weeks for a scan, a scope or a test

99.6%

Jul 2026

15,912 of 15,982 people waiting

−0.1 pts since Jun 2026

Meets the 99% standard · +0.6 points

90%95%100%99% standardApr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 99.6 per cent, 15,912 of 15,982 people waiting. Meets the 99% standard.

All 4 months as a table
Diagnostic tests (DM01) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf people waiting
Jul 202699.6%, Meets the 99% standard15,912 of 15,982
Jun 202699.7%, Meets the 99% standard15,606 of 15,656
May 202699.3%, Meets the 99% standard14,828 of 14,932
Apr 202699.3%, Meets the 99% standard14,500 of 14,595
Fifteen test types together, from MRI to endoscopy. NHS England monthly diagnostics data

Cancer diagnosis (FDS)

Faster diagnosis standard: told the outcome within twenty-eight days

86.4%

Jul 2026

2,168 of 2,510 referrals

+1.8 pts since Jun 2026

Meets the 75% standard · +11.4 points

70%85%100%75% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 86.4 per cent, 2,168 of 2,510 referrals. Meets the 75% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer diagnosis (FDS) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf referrals
Jul 202686.4%, Meets the 75% standard2,168 of 2,510
Jun 202684.6%, Meets the 75% standard1,990 of 2,352
May 202683.0%, Meets the 75% standard1,632 of 1,965
Apr 202683.6%, Meets the 75% standard1,814 of 2,169
Mar 202682.7%, Meets the 75% standard1,653 of 1,998
Feb 202687.3%, Meets the 75% standard1,493 of 1,710
Jan 202683.3%, Meets the 75% standard1,607 of 1,930
Told whether they have cancer, not treated for it. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times

Cancer (31-day)

Decision to treat to first treatment within thirty-one days

93.6%

Jul 2026

278 of 297 treatments

−0.6 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 96% standard · −2.4 points

80%90%100%96% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 93.6 per cent, 278 of 297 treatments. Below the 96% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer (31-day) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf treatments
Jul 202693.6%, Below the 96% standard278 of 297
Jun 202694.2%, Below the 96% standard291 of 309
May 202697.2%, Meets the 96% standard242 of 249
Apr 202693.7%, Below the 96% standard252 of 269
Mar 202696.1%, Meets the 96% standard271 of 282
Feb 202698.3%, Meets the 96% standard228 of 232
Jan 202694.3%, Below the 96% standard267 of 283
Starts at the decision to treat, so it excludes the wait to diagnose. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times

Cancer (62-day)

Urgent referral to first treatment within sixty-two days

83.6%

Jul 2026

211 of 252.5 treatments

+2.7 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 85% standard · −1.4 points

70%80%90%85% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 83.6 per cent, 211 of 252.5 treatments. Below the 85% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer (62-day) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf treatments
Jul 202683.6%, Below the 85% standard211 of 252.5
Jun 202680.9%, Below the 85% standard224 of 277
May 202680.6%, Below the 85% standard172.5 of 214
Apr 202685.8%, Meets the 85% standard186.5 of 217.5
Mar 202685.4%, Meets the 85% standard195.5 of 229
Feb 202683.8%, Below the 85% standard150 of 179
Jan 202685.2%, Meets the 85% standard175 of 205.5
The standard usually meant by 'the cancer target'. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times