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Stepping Hill Hospital

Poplar Grove, Stockport, SK2 7JE · Run by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · 01614831010

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 10 May 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

View the full CQC report & inspection history →

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
62.2% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
61.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
79.7% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
15.4% 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

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust reported 9,506 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 61.6% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 34,537 patients on its waiting list, and 62.2% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 60.8% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated there in the 2025 survey.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 19 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

CQC inspection ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires improvement
Well-led
Requires improvement

The Care Quality Commission rates hospitals on five questions. This location was last inspected October 2023. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

CQC ratings by service

CQC rated these services individually — there is no single overall rating for this location.

Critical careGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires improvement
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
End of life careGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
MaternityRequires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated May 2024
Medical care (including older people's care)Requires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires improvement
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated May 2020
Outpatients and diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
Services for children & young peopleRequires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated May 2020
SurgeryGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
Urgent and emergency servicesGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires improvement
Well-led
Good
rated January 2022

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
62.2%
National median: 66.3%
5.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
13.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
1.7 wks vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
34,537
National median: 39,587
181 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
160
National median: 358.5
833 vs yr agoBetter than 63% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
61.6%
National median: 74.2%
2.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 6% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
9,506
National median: 14,642
75 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
148
National median: 194
24 vs yr agoBetter than 57% 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 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

Performance over time

Trust-wide (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
35,00040,00045,00050,000Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 2634,53732,528April 202133,759May 202134,203June 202135,259July 202136,268August 202136,466September 202136,912October 202137,690November 202137,281December 202138,050January 202238,851February 202239,676March 202247,336April 202348,037May 202348,249June 202347,584July 202347,620August 202346,459September 202344,546October 202342,805November 202341,718December 202341,517January 202440,399February 202438,734March 202438,536April 202438,353May 202437,887June 202437,379July 202436,921August 202436,865September 202436,537October 202436,627November 202436,440December 202436,143January 202535,824February 202535,589March 202535,190April 202534,798May 202534,356June 202534,772July 202535,231August 202534,954September 202535,049October 202534,647November 202534,556December 202534,319January 202634,274February 202633,981March 202634,315April 202634,641May 202634,537June 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%62.2%56.3%April 202158.7%May 202159.3%June 202158.0%July 202157.5%August 202155.7%September 202154.6%October 202153.7%November 202151.8%December 202151.7%January 202252.0%February 202253.0%March 202247.7%April 202349.0%May 202348.7%June 202348.6%July 202348.3%August 202348.1%September 202349.7%October 202350.1%November 202348.8%December 202349.1%January 202450.3%February 202449.8%March 202450.8%April 202452.6%May 202452.5%June 202452.4%July 202451.2%August 202452.5%September 202453.7%October 202453.7%November 202454.2%December 202454.1%January 202554.3%February 202555.2%March 202555.2%April 202556.6%May 202557.1%June 202556.8%July 202556.0%August 202557.0%September 202557.8%October 202557.1%November 202558.4%December 202559.6%January 202660.1%February 202662.1%March 202661.7%April 202661.8%May 202662.2%June 2026
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
60%80%100%Apr 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 95%61.6%87.8%April 202095.3%May 202089.3%June 202082.3%July 202071.3%August 202071.0%September 202065.6%October 202066.4%November 202066.1%December 202068.4%January 202174.3%February 202176.9%March 202177.9%April 202177.9%May 202169.7%June 202167.6%July 202176.5%August 202168.9%September 202162.4%October 202162.5%November 202159.4%December 202164.3%January 202263.7%February 202262.6%March 202259.5%April 202264.8%May 202262.7%June 202260.5%July 202261.2%August 202260.3%September 202255.9%October 202257.4%November 202250.7%December 202258.6%January 202361.0%February 202358.7%March 202365.4%April 202363.8%May 202370.2%June 202365.4%July 202364.2%August 202360.9%September 202357.9%October 202361.9%November 202355.7%December 202356.1%January 202455.2%February 202460.6%March 202462.6%April 202461.2%May 202465.2%June 202462.0%July 202465.3%August 202460.0%September 202461.8%October 202462.5%November 202462.6%December 202460.1%January 202569.3%February 202564.9%March 202564.0%April 202561.3%May 202570.8%June 202563.6%July 202565.7%August 202563.4%September 202562.1%October 202564.7%November 202564.2%December 202560.8%January 202663.8%February 202665.2%March 202664.0%April 202662.6%May 202663.6%June 202661.6%July 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
9,506
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
61.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
148
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,763
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
8,621
Seen within 4 hours
59.2%

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

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)9,50661.6%
Type 1 — major A&E8,62159.2%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC88585.6%

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

Cancer waiting times

Trust-wide (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.6%
845 of 1,035 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
79.7%
100 of 126 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
99.2%
128 of 129 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%79.7%71.1%April 202572.1%May 202562.6%June 202570.2%July 202576.7%August 202572.1%September 202583.3%October 202577.7%November 202579.6%December 202579.7%January 202681.1%February 202675.9%March 202674.0%April 202678.3%May 202679.7%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.6%79.5%April 202577.6%May 202580.3%June 202579.2%July 202582.4%August 202583.7%September 202585.3%October 202584.7%November 202582.7%December 202580.9%January 202685.1%February 202684.0%March 202681.6%April 202683.4%May 202681.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%99.2%89.2%April 202588.5%May 202586.6%June 202592.7%July 202587.5%August 202588.1%September 202589.3%October 202593.1%November 202592.1%December 202588.0%January 202690.8%February 202691.9%March 202693.2%April 202695.4%May 202699.2%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 (Stockport 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
94.7%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,429
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
19.7%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
77.9%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,030
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
16.5%
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
60.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 0.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.85
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
60.2%
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 (Stockport 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
114
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
0.0%
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 (Stockport 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
91.5%
549 occupied of 600 open
Adult critical care occupancy
50.0%
6 occupied of 12 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
30.3%
of 9,550 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
3.5%
of 9,550 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
78
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
47%
of 1,027 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 (Stockport 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

Maternity — patient experience

Trust-wide (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 138 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
46.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
138
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
9.3/10
Better than most trusts

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

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Trust-wide (Stockport 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.

Stepping Hill Hospital
B77.5/100
Greater Manchester
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayA
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentA
Therapy intensityA
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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
35.2%
The audit's own composite hip-fracture care measure
Prompt surgery (day of/after admission)
54.4%
Mobilised by day after surgery
71.9%
Orthogeriatric/medical assessment
65.7%
Falls assessment
99.3%
Bone-health assessment
99.1%
Acute length of stay
23.0 days
Hip fractures treated
432
This audit year — context, not a quality score
30-day mortality (case-mix adjusted)
2.5%
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 (Stockport 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 479 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
41.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
479
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.0/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.7/10
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
6.8/10
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
6.6/10
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 CommissionCQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

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

Trust-wide (Stockport 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 369 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
30.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
369
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.4/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.8/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.5/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.4/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.6/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.4/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.4/10
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 (Stockport 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 114 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
114
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
76%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
84%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
81%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
94%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
74%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
66%
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
45%
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 (Stockport 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)
22.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.3
Patients
110
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.44
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
19.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 19.5
Patients
44
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.36
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

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

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Stockport 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
15.4%
of 8,282 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology1,37373.1%1,003703
Urodynamics5545.5%2510
Cardiology1,39311.3%1572
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy819.9%83
Gastroscopy2876.6%192
Colonoscopy3734.8%180
CT scan9692.2%210
MRI1,2071.3%160
DEXA Scan5450.9%50
Ultrasound1,9590.2%43
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
15%20%25%Apr 25Jan 2615.4%27.4%April 202521.0%May 202522.0%June 202522.8%July 202524.2%August 202521.3%September 202518.6%October 202516.3%November 202516.1%December 202516.4%January 202616.3%February 202615.2%March 202616.3%April 202617.9%May 202615.4%June 2026

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

Safety: infections

Trust-wide (Stockport 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 bacteraemia42
C. difficile10434
E. coli bacteraemia27147
MSSA bacteraemia5518
Klebsiella bacteraemia6713
Pseudomonas bacteraemia103
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
5101520Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26149December 202311January 202410February 202416March 202411April 202416May 202418June 202412July 20245August 202418September 202415October 20247November 202414December 202414January 202512February 20256March 202520April 202512May 20256June 202517July 20255August 202515September 20259October 20259November 20258December 20257January 202611February 202613March 20268April 202610May 20268June 202614July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

Trust-wide (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) · 12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.90
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,730 deaths vs 1,930 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.900.951.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.900.98December 20180.98January 20190.97February 20190.95March 20190.96April 20190.97May 20190.97June 20190.98July 20190.99August 20190.98September 20190.98October 20190.98November 20190.98December 20191.00January 20201.00February 20201.00March 20200.99April 20200.99May 20200.98June 20200.98July 20200.97August 20200.98September 20200.99October 20200.98November 20200.98December 20200.97January 20210.98February 20210.96March 20210.98April 20210.98May 20211.00June 20211.01July 20211.01August 20211.00September 20210.98October 20210.98November 20210.97December 20210.98January 20220.98February 20220.98March 20220.99April 20220.99May 20220.98June 20220.97July 20220.97August 20220.97September 20220.97October 20220.98November 20220.99December 20220.98January 20230.96February 20230.98March 20230.98April 20230.96May 20230.97June 20230.96July 20230.95August 20230.96September 20230.96October 20230.95November 20230.95December 20230.96January 20240.95February 20240.94March 20240.94April 20240.95May 20240.95June 20240.94July 20240.95August 20240.95September 20240.95October 20240.93November 20240.92December 20240.92January 20250.92February 20250.93March 20250.90April 20250.90May 20250.90June 20250.89July 20250.88August 20250.89September 20250.88October 20250.90November 20250.91December 20250.91January 20260.90February 20260.90March 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 (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic6,27759.6%14.3 wks39.2 wks4100
Ophthalmology4,38362.5%13.7 wks34.8 wks2600
Ear Nose and Throat3,97161.4%13.8 wks34.5 wks100
General Surgery3,23263.8%12.3 wks36.5 wks2210
Cardiology3,14355.6%15.9 wks40.7 wks1200
Gastroenterology3,01463.1%12.6 wks37.5 wks900
Gynaecology2,95263.2%12.6 wks38.6 wks2600
Other - Medicals2,92060.7%12.9 wks40.5 wks1200
Urology2,15666.6%10.8 wks37.0 wks900
Rheumatology1,22761.5%13.4 wks35.4 wks100
Respiratory Medicine52694.3%6.6 wks16.2 wks000
Other - Others21650.9%17.8 wks38.9 wks100
Other - Surgicals21552.6%17.8 wks34.9 wks000
Other - Paediatrics17092.9%4.7 wks17.2 wks000
Elderly Medicine10198.0%4.8 wks14.0 wks000
Oral Surgery34100.0%1.6 wks5.3 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.