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Braintree Community Hospital

Chadwick Drive, Braintree, CM7 2AL · Run by Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · 01245362000

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Not yet rated

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Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
49.7% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
70.5% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
54.0% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
42.2% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust reported 37,042 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 70.5% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 165,582 patients on its waiting list, and 49.7% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 38% of staff in the 2025 survey were happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Estates & facilities

This hospital site specifically (2024/25). A high maintenance backlog means more deferred repairs to buildings and equipment.

Patient & visitor parking
Free
141 spaces · 12 disabled
Cost per inpatient meal
£18.57
Cleaning cost (annual)
£320k
Total cleaning service cost, this site
Single en-suite rooms
0
Private rooms with their own bathroom
Single rooms (non-en-suite)
1
Private rooms without their own bathroom
Site floor area
4,521 m²

Source: NHS England Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC). About this data

Cleanliness & environment

This hospital site specifically (2025). Patient-assessed scores — higher is better.

Cleanliness
99.5%
Food & hydration
95.9%
Condition & appearance
96.7%
Privacy & dignity
84.9%
Dementia-friendly
79.2%
Disability-friendly
82.9%

Source: NHS England Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), scored by teams including patient assessors. About this data

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
49.7%
National median: 66.3%
0.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 1% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
18.1 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
0.3 wks vs yr agoBetter than 1% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
165,582
National median: 39,587
6,796 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
12,484
National median: 358.5
706 vs yr agoBetter than 0% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
70.5%
National median: 74.2%
6.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
37,042
National median: 14,642
1,359 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
1,203
National median: 194
938 vs yr agoBetter than 3% of trustsData: Jul 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Performance over time

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
100,000150,000200,000Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26165,58292,805April 202197,907May 2021100,286June 2021107,740July 2021113,602August 2021116,035September 2021119,211October 2021119,596November 2021121,464December 2021124,177January 2022130,968February 2022137,603March 2022172,609April 2023177,289May 2023182,684June 2023186,683July 2023187,891August 2023191,029September 2023166,411October 2023161,986November 2023160,322December 2023160,364January 2024163,659February 2024164,070March 2024164,302April 2024165,660May 2024168,040June 2024163,071July 2024168,967August 2024166,315September 2024164,041October 2024163,477November 2024163,557December 2024167,890January 2025170,098February 2025172,371March 2025172,731April 2025174,486May 2025172,378June 2025173,767July 2025176,716August 2025178,849September 2025181,077October 2025180,236November 2025179,048December 2025176,540January 2026176,856February 2026173,933March 2026174,353April 2026171,450May 2026165,582June 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%49.7%64.0%April 202168.6%May 202169.4%June 202169.9%July 202168.0%August 202165.8%September 202165.3%October 202163.9%November 202161.1%December 202160.3%January 202259.8%February 202259.8%March 202253.8%April 202354.5%May 202353.5%June 202352.1%July 202351.2%August 202350.5%September 202354.1%October 202354.4%November 202351.3%December 202352.0%January 202451.7%February 202452.1%March 202452.4%April 202453.3%May 202453.0%June 202453.9%July 202451.3%August 202451.8%September 202452.1%October 202452.8%November 202451.6%December 202450.7%January 202550.9%February 202549.2%March 202547.0%April 202550.4%May 202550.4%June 202549.7%July 202550.6%August 202550.6%September 202549.9%October 202549.2%November 202548.2%December 202549.1%January 202650.4%February 202650.6%March 202649.3%April 202650.3%May 202649.7%June 2026
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
60%80%100%Apr 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 95%70.5%91.7%April 202095.4%May 202095.2%June 202094.1%July 202091.1%August 202088.5%September 202084.6%October 202088.3%November 202077.0%December 202084.2%January 202190.6%February 202191.7%March 202189.8%April 202189.7%May 202186.8%June 202183.5%July 202181.0%August 202175.6%September 202177.1%October 202174.1%November 202174.0%December 202174.4%January 202271.3%February 202267.4%March 202266.5%April 202268.4%May 202268.1%June 202266.1%July 202265.0%August 202264.1%September 202262.1%October 202261.4%November 202256.6%December 202264.1%January 202364.2%February 202363.1%March 202368.6%April 202368.7%May 202367.6%June 202371.2%July 202367.3%August 202366.9%September 202366.1%October 202365.8%November 202365.0%December 202367.2%January 202467.9%February 202472.8%March 202476.7%April 202475.6%May 202473.9%June 202472.6%July 202474.0%August 202471.8%September 202470.4%October 202470.1%November 202464.3%December 202465.6%January 202567.3%February 202566.7%March 202566.9%April 202570.5%May 202575.4%June 202576.6%July 202575.7%August 202574.2%September 202573.7%October 202569.4%November 202568.8%December 202564.7%January 202665.7%February 202668.0%March 202674.4%April 202673.9%May 202673.0%June 202670.5%July 2026

A&E performance

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
37,042
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
70.5%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
1,203
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
10,660
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
28,846
Seen within 4 hours
62.7%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department run by Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)37,04270.5%
Type 1 — major A&E28,84662.7%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC8,19698.1%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
68.2%
3,828 of 5,612 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
54.0%
266 of 492 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
79.3%
750 of 946 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
40%60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%54.0%45.0%April 202542.4%May 202539.9%June 202546.2%July 202547.1%August 202547.2%September 202547.1%October 202553.0%November 202550.6%December 202547.2%January 202653.5%February 202654.2%March 202646.5%April 202648.4%May 202654.0%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%68.2%62.1%April 202558.8%May 202556.9%June 202564.9%July 202559.6%August 202560.4%September 202561.3%October 202564.7%November 202562.9%December 202562.5%January 202665.9%February 202662.7%March 202659.0%April 202666.3%May 202668.2%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%79.3%78.9%April 202577.9%May 202579.7%June 202582.2%July 202581.4%August 202581.6%September 202582.9%October 202583.2%November 202584.5%December 202580.5%January 202687.2%February 202686.3%March 202681.2%April 202683.1%May 202679.3%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
89.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
5.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
4,241
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
20.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
76.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
15.2%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
3,121
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
17.7%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
38.0%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.3 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
5.92
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
34.2%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
511
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
112
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
21.9%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
95.7%
1,568 occupied of 1,639 open
Adult critical care occupancy
90.0%
63 occupied of 70 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
39.7%
of 27,538 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
21.4%
of 27,538 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
103
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
69%
of 2,312 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
1
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 287 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
37.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
287
Of 769 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Basildon University Hospital
D53.8/100
East of England (South)
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeA
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Broomfield Hospital
D48.8/100
East of England (South)
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Southend Hospital
D48.8/100
East of England (South)
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeA
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 425 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
36.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
425
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.8/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.2/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.5/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.5/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 250 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
27.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
250
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
1.2/10
National average: 2.6/10
Worse than the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
1.6/10
National average: 3.4/10
Worse than the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.4/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.9/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.8/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.2/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.8/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 849 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
849
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
77%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
80%
National average: 84%
Worse than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
77%
National average: 80%
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
72%
National average: 78%
Worse than the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
85%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
70%
National average: 74%
Worse than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
58%
National average: 65%
Worse than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
87%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
40%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf)National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
22.3
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.8
Patients
41
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.41
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 19.0
Patients
43
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
93.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.30
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
42.2%
of 30,289 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Neurophysiology1,12282.4%924698
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy62069.7%432362
Cardiology6,92567.0%4,6432,917
Gastroscopy1,46665.6%961790
Colonoscopy2,11462.1%1,3131,014
Cystoscopy46760.8%284221
DEXA Scan1,36757.3%783374
Respiratory physiology50846.9%23863
Ultrasound4,30828.7%1,236492
MRI7,37822.8%1,685126
Audiology1,53211.1%17028
CT scan2,4493.7%900
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
30%35%40%Apr 25Jan 2642.2%30.1%April 202531.6%May 202529.9%June 202528.3%July 202531.9%August 202529.2%September 202530.6%October 202532.5%November 202539.8%December 202539.2%January 202636.8%February 202640.6%March 202640.8%April 202641.8%May 202642.2%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia205
C. difficile318109
E. coli bacteraemia757129
MSSA bacteraemia24677
Klebsiella bacteraemia29684
Pseudomonas bacteraemia8433
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
304050Dec 23Jan 25Jan 264139December 202341January 202446February 202448March 202434April 202443May 202443June 202438July 202431August 202451September 202446October 202424November 202438December 202439January 202534February 202536March 202531April 202537May 202536June 202543July 202549August 202534September 202537October 202524November 202534December 202540January 202630February 202636March 202635April 202637May 202640June 202641July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · 12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.13
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 5,935 deaths vs 5,275 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.051.101.15Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.131.08December 20181.07January 20191.06February 20191.07March 20191.07April 20191.07May 20191.07June 20191.07July 20191.08August 20191.07September 20191.06October 20191.07November 20191.07December 20191.08January 20201.08February 20201.08March 20201.06April 20201.06May 20201.06June 20201.05July 20201.05August 20201.06September 20201.06October 20201.05November 20201.05December 20201.05January 20211.12February 20211.12March 20211.08April 20211.07May 20211.04August 20211.03September 20211.04October 20211.07November 20211.07December 20211.07January 20221.07February 20221.08March 20221.08April 20221.09May 20221.10June 20221.12July 20221.12August 20221.13September 20221.14October 20221.12November 20221.13December 20221.14January 20231.13February 20231.13March 20231.13April 20231.13May 20231.11June 20231.10July 20231.10August 20231.11September 20231.10October 20231.09November 20231.09December 20231.08January 20241.08February 20241.08March 20241.08April 20241.07May 20241.07June 20241.07July 20241.08August 20241.08September 20241.09October 20241.09November 20241.10December 20241.10January 20251.11February 20251.11March 20251.11April 20251.12May 20251.12June 20251.11July 20251.11August 20251.12September 20251.12October 20251.12November 20251.12December 20251.12January 20261.13February 20261.13March 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Other - Medicals15,85256.8%15.6 wks42.5 wks5298422
Ear Nose and Throat15,73337.8%24.4 wks57.1 wks2,36341436
Gynaecology14,08150.3%17.9 wks47.6 wks589606
Ophthalmology13,67160.2%14.0 wks44.1 wks45810
Trauma and Orthopaedic13,25430.9%28.9 wks63.8 wks2,522952251
Urology10,66852.9%16.9 wks50.2 wks72223434
Cardiology10,24966.8%13.3 wks32.8 wks9000
Dermatology9,84638.8%24.0 wks52.8 wks883100
Gastroenterology9,52753.4%16.8 wks46.7 wks431210
General Surgery8,64647.6%19.4 wks53.4 wks77923639
Other - Surgicals7,13057.2%14.8 wks47.1 wks3689116
Oral Surgery7,05734.7%28.0 wks59.2 wks1,01835730
Plastic Surgery6,60145.0%20.5 wks54.3 wks64919822
Neurology5,63653.4%16.8 wks41.5 wks9910
Other - Paediatrics5,10743.8%20.9 wks55.8 wks61015228
Respiratory Medicine4,20462.1%13.8 wks37.0 wks2200
Other - Others3,04464.1%11.2 wks39.2 wks4372
General Internal Medicine2,28967.1%12.0 wks38.7 wks6050
Rheumatology2,27347.8%19.0 wks53.7 wks23661
Elderly Medicine65777.2%7.4 wks29.0 wks1000
Neurosurgical5630.4%30.0 wks49.8 wks300
Other - Mental Healths10.0%30.5 wks30.9 wks000

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About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.