HospitalCheck

NHS trusts with the worst 31-day cancer treatment performance

The share of patients starting treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat, by trust — worst performers first. The NHS standard is 96%. Trusts treating very few cancer patients are excluded.

127 trusts · Worst first. Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times.

#TrustTreated in 31 days
1The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne74.5%
2Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull77.2%
3Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford77.7%
4Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea79.3%
5University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing79.6%
6University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton81.2%
7South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough81.9%
8Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge84.8%
9Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester86.4%
10Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool86.4%
11University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby86.6%
12Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon87.1%
13Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffield87.7%
14Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan87.7%
15Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead87.8%
16South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick88.4%
17Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe88.8%
18North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool88.8%
19University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester89.4%
20Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham89.5%
21Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon89.7%
22Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter89.7%
23Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool90.1%
24Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton90.7%
25United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln90.7%
26Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich90.9%
27The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge91.3%
28University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham91.4%
29University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth91.9%
30The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow91.9%
31University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent92.0%
32The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton92.2%
33Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield92.6%
34Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge92.7%
35Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley92.8%
36County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington92.9%
37Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester92.9%
38Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon93.0%
39Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton93.1%
40Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes93.2%
41University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole93.2%
42Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton93.2%
43Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering93.3%
44Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham93.4%
45Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham93.4%
46Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation TrustTorquay93.5%
47Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston93.5%
48North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough93.9%
49Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby94.1%
50Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields94.2%
51Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral94.2%
52Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon94.4%
53York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork94.6%
54The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn94.7%
55East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester94.7%
56Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading94.8%
57Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro94.9%
58The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham95.0%
59King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon95.1%
60Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester95.3%
61Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield95.4%
62The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon95.5%
63Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth95.5%
64East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea95.5%
65Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley95.6%
66East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn95.7%
67Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford95.9%
68Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot96.0%
69Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath96.0%
70Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury96.1%
71Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne96.2%
72Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds96.2%
73Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke96.3%
74Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford96.3%
75Barts Health NHS TrustLondon96.4%
76University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry96.4%
77The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley96.4%
78Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford96.6%
79Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey96.6%
80Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead96.7%
81Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath96.7%
82Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster96.7%
83East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage96.7%
84Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford96.7%
85Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool97.1%
86St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon97.2%
87East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury97.2%
88North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle97.3%
89Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick97.3%
90James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth97.4%
91Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone97.4%
92University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon97.5%
93Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol97.6%
94Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford97.6%
95Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield97.8%
96University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal97.9%
97Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill97.9%
98West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford98.0%
99The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury98.0%
100Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield98.1%
101London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow98.1%
102Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall98.1%
103Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley98.1%
104North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington98.3%
105Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate98.3%
106George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton98.6%
107Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford98.9%
108Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham99.0%
109Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton99.1%
110Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport99.1%
111The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham99.1%
112Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport99.2%
113Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames99.3%
114Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton99.3%
115South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland99.5%
116The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester99.6%
117The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral99.6%
118Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore100.0%
119Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon100.0%
120West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds100.0%
121Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon100.0%
122Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham100.0%
123Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon100.0%
124East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield100.0%
125Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon100.0%
126Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool100.0%
127Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon100.0%
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The 31-day standard is decision to treat to first treatment starting (NHS standard 96%), trust-wide, from NHS England, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology.