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NHS trusts ranked by A&E four-hour performance

The share of A&E attendances admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. The standard is 95%.

133 trusts · Ranked best first. Data: Aug 2026. Source: NHS England A&E statistics.

#TrustA&E 4-hour
1Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead100.0%
2Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford99.4%
3Humber Teaching NHS Foundation TrustHull99.4%
4Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury99.2%
5Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton99.1%
6Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton98.1%
7Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustLondon98.0%
8Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon97.8%
9Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustLincoln96.3%
10Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustGloucester95.5%
11North East London NHS Foundation TrustIlford94.4%
12Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham93.7%
13Wirral Community Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustBirkenhead92.7%
14Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield92.3%
15Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields91.8%
16Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool91.7%
17Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool89.4%
18West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford89.2%
19George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton87.7%
20Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield85.9%
21Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon83.4%
22North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool82.8%
23Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford82.8%
24Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich82.1%
25Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford81.9%
26St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon81.6%
27The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge81.5%
28Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford80.4%
29Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon80.3%
30Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford80.3%
31Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon80.1%
32Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead79.9%
33Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering79.4%
34Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport79.0%
35Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley78.9%
36The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton78.7%
37South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland77.9%
38Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall77.7%
39Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham77.7%
40East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn77.4%
41East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester77.3%
42Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds76.5%
43London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow76.5%
44The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow76.2%
45South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough76.0%
46West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds75.9%
47Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon75.9%
48Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone75.8%
49The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley75.7%
50The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne75.6%
51Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading75.5%
52Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate75.5%
53Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro75.4%
54Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool75.4%
55Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon75.1%
56North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington74.8%
57East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage74.6%
58Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster74.6%
59Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester74.5%
60Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick74.4%
61University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry74.3%
62University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon74.0%
63Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford73.7%
64Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon73.7%
65Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot73.6%
66Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames73.3%
67Barts Health NHS TrustLondon73.1%
68Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath73.1%
69Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton73.0%
70Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield72.5%
71South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick72.4%
72Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston72.2%
73Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol71.9%
74Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley71.9%
75The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham71.8%
76United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln71.8%
77Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton71.7%
78Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford71.7%
79Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon71.6%
80Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield71.5%
81King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon71.3%
82Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan71.1%
83Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool71.0%
84Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield71.0%
85Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham70.9%
86University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole70.9%
87Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth70.3%
88Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea70.2%
89East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury70.1%
90University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton69.6%
91Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge69.3%
92Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffield69.3%
93University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham68.8%
94Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey68.5%
95Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton68.4%
96Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton68.1%
97University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal68.0%
98County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington68.0%
99James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth67.8%
100North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough67.7%
101Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby67.7%
102Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport67.3%
103Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury67.3%
104Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham66.9%
105Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe66.9%
106Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton66.8%
107University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent66.6%
108Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes66.6%
109University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby66.4%
110Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester65.5%
111East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea65.1%
112Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham64.8%
113Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter64.8%
114University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth64.8%
115University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester64.1%
116Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon63.8%
117Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford63.7%
118Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation TrustTorquay63.4%
119The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn63.2%
120North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle63.0%
121York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork62.9%
122Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne61.9%
123Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke61.7%
124Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull61.4%
125Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester60.9%
126University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing58.9%
127Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley56.8%
128Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath56.0%
129Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester55.9%
130Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill52.8%
131Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral52.5%
132East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield52.5%
133The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury51.8%
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Share of A&E attendances admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours (all department types). Figures are trust-wide, from NHS England A&E statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and update schedule.