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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

When CQC last rated this body

CQC has not rated West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 17 June 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.

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

89.6%

Aug 2026

15,400 of 17,190 attendances

+1.5 pts since Jul 2026

Below the 95% standard · −5.4 points

70%85%100%95% standardMay 2025Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026

August 2026: 89.6 per cent, 15,400 of 17,190 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 202689.6%, Below the 95% standard15,400 of 17,190
Jul 202688.1%, Below the 95% standard15,687 of 17,811
Jun 202688.0%, Below the 95% standard15,193 of 17,265
May 202686.8%, Below the 95% standard15,234 of 17,551
Apr 202688.2%, Below the 95% standard15,061 of 17,085
Mar 202690.4%, Below the 95% standard15,841 of 17,531
Feb 202685.2%, Below the 95% standard12,925 of 15,179
Jan 202681.7%, Below the 95% standard14,062 of 17,211
Dec 202583.8%, Below the 95% standard14,316 of 17,087
Nov 202583.5%, Below the 95% standard14,076 of 16,847
Oct 202583.2%, Below the 95% standard13,921 of 16,735
Sept 202584.6%, Below the 95% standard13,907 of 16,438
Aug 202584.3%, Below the 95% standard13,259 of 15,721
Jul 202584.4%, Below the 95% standard14,241 of 16,879
Jun 202585.6%, Below the 95% standard14,362 of 16,775
May 202583.7%, Below the 95% standard14,345 of 17,134
Apr 202584.3%, Below the 95% standard13,666 of 16,203
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

70.1%

Jul 2026

31,182 of 44,482 people waiting

+0.2 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 92% standard · −21.9 points

50%75%100%92% standardJul 2025Sept 2025Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 70.1 per cent, 31,182 of 44,482 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 202670.1%, Below the 92% standard31,182 of 44,482
Jun 202669.9%, Below the 92% standard31,432 of 44,946
May 202669.6%, Below the 92% standard31,638 of 45,479
Apr 202668.4%, Below the 92% standard31,440 of 45,988
Mar 202668.0%, Below the 92% standard30,867 of 45,394
Feb 202666.2%, Below the 92% standard29,582 of 44,704
Jan 202664.8%, Below the 92% standard29,193 of 45,074
Dec 202563.6%, Below the 92% standard29,100 of 45,780
Nov 202563.8%, Below the 92% standard29,726 of 46,585
Oct 202563.0%, Below the 92% standard29,310 of 46,501
Sept 202563.8%, Below the 92% standard29,709 of 46,601
Aug 202563.8%, Below the 92% standard29,957 of 46,952
Jul 202564.8%, Below the 92% standard30,305 of 46,784
Jun 202564.5%, Below the 92% standard30,265 of 46,919
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

75.3%

Jul 2026

15,372 of 20,426 people waiting

Level since Jun 2026

Below the 99% standard · −23.7 points

60%80%100%99% standardApr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 75.3 per cent, 15,372 of 20,426 people waiting. Below 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 202675.3%, Below the 99% standard15,372 of 20,426
Jun 202675.2%, Below the 99% standard15,867 of 21,099
May 202671.6%, Below the 99% standard15,400 of 21,518
Apr 202668.4%, Below the 99% standard14,758 of 21,576
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

83.9%

Jul 2026

1,713 of 2,041 referrals

Level since Jun 2026

Meets the 75% standard · +8.9 points

70%80%90%75% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 83.9 per cent, 1,713 of 2,041 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 202683.9%, Meets the 75% standard1,713 of 2,041
Jun 202683.9%, Meets the 75% standard1,479 of 1,763
May 202685.3%, Meets the 75% standard1,403 of 1,644
Apr 202683.0%, Meets the 75% standard1,532 of 1,845
Mar 202681.2%, Meets the 75% standard1,563 of 1,925
Feb 202684.4%, Meets the 75% standard1,400 of 1,659
Jan 202679.8%, Meets the 75% standard1,365 of 1,710
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

98.5%

Jul 2026

200 of 203 treatments

+0.5 pts since Jun 2026

Meets the 96% standard · +2.5 points

90%95%100%96% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 98.5 per cent, 200 of 203 treatments. Meets 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 202698.5%, Meets the 96% standard200 of 203
Jun 202698.0%, Meets the 96% standard198 of 202
May 202699.1%, Meets the 96% standard214 of 216
Apr 202697.5%, Meets the 96% standard195 of 200
Mar 202698.4%, Meets the 96% standard188 of 191
Feb 202699.0%, Meets the 96% standard204 of 206
Jan 202698.1%, Meets the 96% standard206 of 210
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

80.1%

Jul 2026

151 of 188.5 treatments

+0.2 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 85% standard · −4.9 points

60%75%90%85% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 80.1 per cent, 151 of 188.5 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 202680.1%, Below the 85% standard151 of 188.5
Jun 202679.9%, Below the 85% standard133.5 of 167
May 202684.1%, Below the 85% standard159 of 189
Apr 202682.0%, Below the 85% standard137 of 167
Mar 202679.0%, Below the 85% standard141 of 178.5
Feb 202676.4%, Below the 85% standard141 of 184.5
Jan 202674.8%, Below the 85% standard117.5 of 157
The standard usually meant by 'the cancer target'. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times