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Ryegate Children's Centre

Specialist hospital

Tapton Crescent Road, Sheffield, S10 2TH · Run by Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · 01142717000

Acute hospital - NHS specialist

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At a glance

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

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
74.3% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
91.9% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Meets NHS standard
100.0% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
16.3% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust reported 4,910 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 91.9% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median wait for treatment was 9.4 weeks, and 74.3% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 84.8% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated at the trust in 2025.

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
33 spaces · 6 disabled
Cost per inpatient meal
£10.05
Cleaning cost (annual)
£168k
Total cleaning service cost, this site
Single en-suite rooms
0
Private rooms with their own bathroom
Single rooms (non-en-suite)
0
Private rooms without their own bathroom
Site floor area
2,724 m²
Maintenance backlog
£7.2m
£0 high-risk

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
98.7%
Condition & appearance
94.0%
Privacy & dignity
75.0%
Disability-friendly
91.7%

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
74.3%
National median: 66.3%
7.3 pts vs yr agoBetter than 79% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
9.4 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
1.7 wks vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
11,355
National median: 39,587
832 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
143
National median: 358.5
183 vs yr agoBetter than 64% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
91.9%
National median: 74.2%
2.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 87% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
4,910
National median: 14,642
143 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
0
National median: 194
Better than 81% 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 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

Performance over time

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
10,00012,50015,00017,500Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 2611,3559,494April 202110,028May 202110,544June 202111,333July 202111,548August 202111,444September 202111,625October 202111,999November 202112,616December 202112,753January 202213,196February 202213,801March 202216,737April 202316,188May 202316,024June 202315,579July 202315,760August 202315,629September 202315,750October 202316,034November 202317,152December 202316,855January 202413,213February 202413,321March 202413,558April 202413,529May 202413,556June 202413,540July 202413,174August 202412,473September 202412,134October 202412,208November 202412,318December 202412,161January 202512,253February 202512,438March 202512,177April 202512,382May 202512,187June 202512,258July 202512,272August 202511,707September 202511,561October 202511,376November 202511,646December 202511,426January 202611,069February 202610,811March 202611,308April 202611,305May 202611,355June 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%74.3%68.8%April 202173.5%May 202174.0%June 202174.0%July 202173.1%August 202169.9%September 202168.7%October 202169.3%November 202168.3%December 202167.7%January 202268.1%February 202268.0%March 202257.4%April 202357.7%May 202356.6%June 202356.1%July 202356.7%August 202355.3%September 202355.4%October 202354.3%November 202354.6%December 202354.6%January 202463.4%February 202462.7%March 202463.9%April 202463.1%May 202464.0%June 202463.4%July 202462.0%August 202462.6%September 202463.7%October 202464.4%November 202464.5%December 202465.1%January 202565.6%February 202566.5%March 202566.0%April 202567.6%May 202567.0%June 202566.5%July 202565.3%August 202565.0%September 202565.1%October 202564.5%November 202566.5%December 202567.0%January 202669.5%February 202672.7%March 202672.6%April 202674.1%May 202674.3%June 2026
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
80%90%100%Apr 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 95%91.9%95.2%April 202096.7%May 202096.7%June 202098.9%July 202097.8%August 202096.4%September 202097.8%October 202098.3%November 202098.0%December 202098.2%January 202198.0%February 202197.5%March 202198.1%April 202197.6%May 202196.9%June 202196.3%July 202196.5%August 202191.8%September 202192.9%October 202192.9%November 202193.3%December 202194.1%January 202294.8%February 202291.3%March 202293.1%April 202293.0%May 202292.8%June 202293.4%July 202295.0%August 202291.8%September 202291.9%October 202283.7%November 202278.3%December 202289.9%January 202388.5%February 202389.1%March 202392.1%April 202392.8%May 202392.8%June 202394.1%July 202394.0%August 202391.0%September 202390.0%October 202389.6%November 202386.7%December 202389.4%January 202491.0%February 202487.7%March 202488.6%April 202487.6%May 202492.0%June 202494.2%July 202495.4%August 202493.3%September 202491.9%October 202488.6%November 202489.2%December 202493.8%January 202591.8%February 202590.6%March 202593.4%April 202591.9%May 202593.8%June 202594.3%July 202595.2%August 202594.1%September 202593.2%October 202587.9%November 202589.2%December 202593.4%January 202693.2%February 202698.0%March 202694.8%April 202694.2%May 202691.3%June 202691.9%July 2026

A&E performance

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
4,910
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
91.9%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
999
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
4,669
Seen within 4 hours
91.4%

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 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)4,91091.9%
Type 1 — major A&E4,66991.4%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC241100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
96.3%
26 of 27 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
100.0%
1 of 1 treated in time
Target 85% · meets target
Treatment within 31 days
100.0%
4 of 4 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
80%90%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%100.0%100.0%April 202575.0%May 202575.0%June 2025100.0%July 2025100.0%August 2025100.0%September 2025100.0%October 2025100.0%November 2025100.0%December 2025100.0%January 2026100.0%February 2026100.0%March 2026100.0%April 2026100.0%May 2026100.0%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
80%90%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%96.3%92.6%April 202592.3%May 202586.7%June 202595.2%July 202590.9%August 202589.5%September 202596.0%October 2025100.0%November 202590.0%December 202590.0%January 2026100.0%February 2026100.0%March 202685.0%April 2026100.0%May 202696.3%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%100.0%100.0%April 2025100.0%May 202587.5%June 2025100.0%July 2025100.0%August 2025100.0%September 2025100.0%October 2025100.0%November 2025100.0%December 2025100.0%January 2026100.0%February 2026100.0%March 2026100.0%April 2026100.0%May 2026100.0%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 (Sheffield Children's 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
90.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
232
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
10.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
78.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
490
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.2%
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
84.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 0.7 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.14
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
72.0%
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 (Sheffield Children's 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
51
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
9
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
17.6%
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 (Sheffield Children's 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.

Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
2.2%
of 1,433 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.1%
of 1,433 handovers, winter 2025-26

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

Never Events (patient safety)

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's 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
2
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's 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
16.3%
of 1,738 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Gastroscopy13436.6%4921
Respiratory physiology9636.5%355
Urodynamics10330.1%319
MRI35626.7%9510
Audiology6438.9%5714
Cardiology641.6%11
Ultrasound2651.1%30
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
15%20%25%30%Apr 25Jan 2616.3%28.8%April 202526.5%May 202523.4%June 202523.4%July 202525.8%August 202525.3%September 202521.1%October 202518.8%November 202523.4%December 202524.4%January 202622.2%February 202618.9%March 202617.8%April 202616.4%May 202616.3%June 2026

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

Safety: infections

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's 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 bacteraemia10
C. difficile108
E. coli bacteraemia52
MSSA bacteraemia172
Klebsiella bacteraemia63
Pseudomonas bacteraemia31
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
0246Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2611December 20230January 20246February 20241March 20240April 20240May 20241June 20243July 20241August 20240September 20242October 20242November 20240December 20241January 20251February 20253March 20251April 20250May 20251June 20252July 20251August 20250September 20252October 20252November 20252December 20252January 20260February 20262March 20260April 20263May 20261June 20261July 2026

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

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Sheffield Children's 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 - Paediatrics11,32274.5%9.4 wks33.7 wks14140
Oral Surgery3333.3%28.8 wks48.4 wks200

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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.