64.5% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
13.7% 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
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust reported 32,936 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 61.7% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 116,122 patients on its waiting list, and 53.2% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 57.2% 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 20 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries
CQC ratings by service
CQC rated these services individually — there is no single overall rating for this location.
Critical careOutstanding
Safe
Good
Effective
Outstanding
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Outstanding
Well-led
Outstanding
rated October 2019
End of life careOutstanding
Safe
Good
Effective
Outstanding
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Outstanding
Well-led
Outstanding
rated April 2016
Maternity (inpatient services)Not yet rated
rated July 2022
Medical care (including older people's care)Outstanding
▲ 819 vs yr agoBetter than 5% 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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
Performance over time
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table
Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
A&E performance
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.
A&E attendances
32,936
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
61.7%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
1,090
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
10,328
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
29,472
Seen within 4 hours
58.1%
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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.
Department type
Attendances
Within 4 hours
All types (official headline)
32,936
61.7%
Type 1 — major A&E
29,472
58.1%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E
1,748
94.7%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC
1,716
89.0%
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Cancer waiting times
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026.
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
75.8%
4,733 of 6,242 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
64.5%
391 of 606 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
79.6%
741 of 931 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
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 (University Hospitals Sussex 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.
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
57.2%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 2.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.68
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
55.1%
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 (University Hospitals Sussex 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
739
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
131
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
17.7%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days
Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex 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
97.1%
1,693 occupied of 1,743 open
Adult critical care occupancy
86.2%
56 occupied of 65 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
17.9%
of 33,833 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
2.6%
of 33,833 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
414
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
8%
of 3,134 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 (University Hospitals Sussex 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
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 261 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
42.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
261
Of 625 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data
Stroke care (SSNAP audit)
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex 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.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
D50.0/100
Sussex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
St Richards Hospital
E36.2/100
Sussex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Sussex Rehabilitation Centre
E38.4/100
Sussex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayE
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance E
This team's case ascertainment and/or audit compliance band is D or E — its SSNAP grade above rests on less-complete data than a team with a higher band, not necessarily worse care.
Worthing Hospital
D45.1/100
Sussex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeA
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B
Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data
Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)
National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of this hospital's hip-fracture care PROCESSES — how quickly patients had surgery, were assessed and mobilised — not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. The 30-day mortality figure is case-mix adjusted; small numbers vary year to year. England only.
Met best-practice criteria
58.1%
The audit's own composite hip-fracture care measure
Prompt surgery (day of/after admission)
70.7%
Mobilised by day after surgery
83.3%
Orthogeriatric/medical assessment
91.4%
Falls assessment
97.2%
Bone-health assessment
95.1%
Acute length of stay
18.5 days
Hip fractures treated
429
This audit year — context, not a quality score
30-day mortality (case-mix adjusted)
3.8%
Lower is better · adjusted for patient factors, not a personal risk
Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data
Patient experience — inpatient care
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex 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 475 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
39.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
475
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
Worse than the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.9/10
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
7.4/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.9/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.3/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.8/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.4/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average
Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex 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 324 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
35.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
324
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.0/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.9/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.3/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.5/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.2/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.6/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.5/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data
Patient experience — cancer care
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex 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 721 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
721
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
76%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
77%
National average: 84%
Worse than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
79%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
88%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
68%
National average: 74%
Worse than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
61%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
88%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
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 (University Hospitals Sussex 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)
22.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.2
Patients
191
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.9%
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)
16.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.7
Patients
230
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.6%
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 (University Hospitals Sussex 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
13.7%
of 20,565 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
Test
Waiting list
6+ weeks
6+ weeks (count)
13+ weeks
Audiology
735
58.5%
430
245
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy
771
47.0%
362
184
Colonoscopy
1,504
36.4%
548
255
Urodynamics
108
36.1%
39
12
Neurophysiology
978
29.6%
289
0
Gastroscopy
902
21.0%
189
64
Cystoscopy
198
18.7%
37
7
CT scan
2,361
9.1%
216
63
Ultrasound
7,134
6.8%
487
20
MRI
3,143
6.4%
202
46
Respiratory physiology
125
3.2%
4
1
Cardiology
2,606
0.9%
24
0
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
Trust-wide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · 12 months to Mar 2026.
As expected
1.02
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 4,960 deaths vs 4,875 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
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 (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics
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.