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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

What CQC currently says

CQC rates South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Good overall. These are the judgements underneath it. They are separate judgements and CQC does not add them together.

Services CQC has rated

Each service is rated on its own. Open one to read the five key questions underneath it.

  • Emergency and urgent careRequires improvement
    • CaringOutstanding27 September 2018
    • EffectiveRequires improvement27 September 2018
    • ResponsiveGood27 September 2018
    • SafeRequires improvement27 September 2018
    • Well-ledRequires improvement27 September 2018
  • Emergency operations centre (EOC)Good
    • CaringOutstanding27 September 2018
    • EffectiveGood27 September 2018
    • ResponsiveGood27 September 2018
    • SafeGood27 September 2018
    • Well-ledGood27 September 2018

Most recent judgement 8 July 2026. Read it on the CQC website

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

95.8%

Aug 2026

1,949 of 2,035 attendances

+0.5 pts since Jul 2026

Meets the 95% standard · +0.8 points

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

August 2026: 95.8 per cent, 1,949 of 2,035 attendances. Meets 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 202695.8%, Meets the 95% standard1,949 of 2,035
Jul 202695.3%, Meets the 95% standard2,220 of 2,330
Jun 202696.6%, Meets the 95% standard2,135 of 2,210
May 202698.1%, Meets the 95% standard2,180 of 2,222
Apr 202698.5%, Meets the 95% standard2,048 of 2,080
Mar 202698.2%, Meets the 95% standard2,152 of 2,191
Feb 202698.8%, Meets the 95% standard1,787 of 1,809
Jan 202698.6%, Meets the 95% standard1,873 of 1,900
Dec 202598.8%, Meets the 95% standard1,821 of 1,844
Nov 202599.1%, Meets the 95% standard1,889 of 1,907
Oct 202597.8%, Meets the 95% standard1,885 of 1,927
Sept 202597.8%, Meets the 95% standard1,854 of 1,895
Aug 202597.7%, Meets the 95% standard1,971 of 2,018
Jul 202599.2%, Meets the 95% standard2,052 of 2,069
Jun 202598.8%, Meets the 95% standard2,003 of 2,027
May 202597.6%, Meets the 95% standard1,998 of 2,047
Apr 202598.6%, Meets the 95% standard1,879 of 1,905
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

Not reported by this body.The standard is 92% of people waiting.

Diagnostic tests (DM01)

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

Not reported by this body.The standard is 99% of people waiting.

Cancer diagnosis (FDS)

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

Not reported by this body.The standard is 75% of referrals.

Cancer (31-day)

Decision to treat to first treatment within thirty-one days

Not reported by this body.The standard is 96% of treatments.

Cancer (62-day)

Urgent referral to first treatment within sixty-two days

Not reported by this body.The standard is 85% of treatments.

5 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.