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.

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

#	Trust	Treated in 31 days
1	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	72.4%
2	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	74.3%
3	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	75.6%
4	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	77.8%
5	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	78.1%
6	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	83.0%
7	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	84.1%
8	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	85.9%
9	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	86.1%
10	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	86.3%
11	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	86.4%
12	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	87.2%
13	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	87.4%
14	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	87.5%
15	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	87.7%
16	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	88.2%
17	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth	88.8%
18	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	88.9%
19	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	89.1%
20	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	89.8%
21	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	90.2%
22	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	90.3%
23	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	90.6%
24	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	90.7%
25	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	90.9%
26	Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton	91.0%
27	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	91.1%
28	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	91.2%
29	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	91.3%
30	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	91.3%
31	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	91.5%
32	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	91.5%
33	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	91.5%
34	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	91.9%
35	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	91.9%
36	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	92.0%
37	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	92.2%
38	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	92.2%
39	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	92.2%
40	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	92.6%
41	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	92.7%
42	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	92.8%
43	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	92.8%
44	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	92.9%
45	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	92.9%
46	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	93.1%
47	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	93.2%
48	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	93.2%
49	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	93.4%
50	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	93.9%
51	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	93.9%
52	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	94.0%
53	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	94.0%
54	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	94.2%
55	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	94.2%
56	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	94.2%
57	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	94.4%
58	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	94.5%
59	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	94.6%
60	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	94.8%
61	Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation TrustTorquay	94.9%
62	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	95.3%
63	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	95.7%
64	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	95.7%
65	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	95.8%
66	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	95.8%
67	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	95.8%
68	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	95.9%
69	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	96.1%
70	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	96.1%
71	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	96.1%
72	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	96.1%
73	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	96.2%
74	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	96.2%
75	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	96.2%
76	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	96.3%
77	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	96.3%
78	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	96.4%
79	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	96.4%
80	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	96.4%
81	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	96.5%
82	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	96.6%
83	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	96.7%
84	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	96.8%
85	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	96.9%
86	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	97.2%
87	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	97.2%
88	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	97.2%
89	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	97.3%
90	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	97.4%
91	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	97.4%
92	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	97.5%
93	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	97.5%
94	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	97.5%
95	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	97.7%
96	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	97.7%
97	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	97.7%
98	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	97.8%
99	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	97.8%
100	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	97.8%
101	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	97.9%
102	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	97.9%
103	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	97.9%
104	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	98.1%
105	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	98.2%
106	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	98.3%
107	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	98.5%
108	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	98.9%
109	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	99.0%
110	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	99.0%
111	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	99.1%
112	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	99.1%
113	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	99.1%
114	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	99.3%
115	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	99.3%
116	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	99.3%
117	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	99.4%
118	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	99.4%
119	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	100.0%
120	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	100.0%
121	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	100.0%
122	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	100.0%
123	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	100.0%
124	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	100.0%
125	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	100.0%
126	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	100.0%
127	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	100.0%
128	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	100.0%
129	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	100.0%

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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.