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 Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust since 30 July 2018. 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
98.1%
August 2026: 98.1 per cent, 11,963 of 12,195 attendances. Meets the 95% standard.
All 17 months as a table
| Month | Performance | Of attendances |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 98.1%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,963 of 12,195 |
| Jul 2026 | 96.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,976 of 13,385 |
| Jun 2026 | 96.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,416 of 12,817 |
| May 2026 | 97.4%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,159 of 12,486 |
| Apr 2026 | 97.2%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,918 of 12,265 |
| Mar 2026 | 98.0%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,661 of 11,899 |
| Feb 2026 | 99.3%, Meets the 95% standard | 9,980 of 10,054 |
| Jan 2026 | 98.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,081 of 11,207 |
| Dec 2025 | 98.0%, Meets the 95% standard | 10,832 of 11,047 |
| Nov 2025 | 98.5%, Meets the 95% standard | 10,827 of 10,995 |
| Oct 2025 | 98.5%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,606 of 11,779 |
| Sept 2025 | 98.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,607 of 11,738 |
| Aug 2025 | 98.6%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,529 of 11,693 |
| Jul 2025 | 99.0%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,677 of 12,805 |
| Jun 2025 | 98.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,205 of 12,342 |
| May 2025 | 98.7%, Meets the 95% standard | 12,049 of 12,214 |
| Apr 2025 | 98.9%, Meets the 95% standard | 11,647 of 11,779 |
Waiting times (RTT)
Referral to treatment: waiting under eighteen weeks to start treatment
58.3%
July 2026: 58.3 per cent, 7,895 of 13,533 people waiting. Below the 92% standard.
All 14 months as a table
| Month | Performance | Of people waiting |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 58.3%, Below the 92% standard | 7,895 of 13,533 |
| Jun 2026 | 56.8%, Below the 92% standard | 7,502 of 13,214 |
| May 2026 | 53.2%, Below the 92% standard | 6,765 of 12,717 |
| Apr 2026 | 52.5%, Below the 92% standard | 6,679 of 12,734 |
| Mar 2026 | 55.5%, Below the 92% standard | 7,315 of 13,174 |
| Feb 2026 | 54.4%, Below the 92% standard | 7,067 of 13,002 |
| Jan 2026 | 63.2%, Below the 92% standard | 9,104 of 14,410 |
| Dec 2025 | 68.3%, Below the 92% standard | 9,551 of 13,993 |
| Nov 2025 | 71.5%, Below the 92% standard | 9,872 of 13,799 |
| Oct 2025 | 72.5%, Below the 92% standard | 10,264 of 14,148 |
| Sept 2025 | 73.7%, Below the 92% standard | 10,491 of 14,237 |
| Aug 2025 | 72.9%, Below the 92% standard | 10,266 of 14,087 |
| Jul 2025 | 73.2%, Below the 92% standard | 10,214 of 13,961 |
| Jun 2025 | 75.0%, Below the 92% standard | 9,999 of 13,327 |
Diagnostic tests (DM01)
Waiting under six weeks for a scan, a scope or a test
90.4%
July 2026: 90.4 per cent, 2,871 of 3,177 people waiting. Below the 99% standard.
All 4 months as a table
| Month | Performance | Of people waiting |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 90.4%, Below the 99% standard | 2,871 of 3,177 |
| Jun 2026 | 95.6%, Below the 99% standard | 2,652 of 2,773 |
| May 2026 | 95.1%, Below the 99% standard | 1,983 of 2,085 |
| Apr 2026 | 97.2%, Below the 99% standard | 2,352 of 2,421 |
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
0.0%
One month held, so there is no line to draw yet. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times.
2 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.