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Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Romford, RM7 0AG · Compare with another trust

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
68.7% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
81.3% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.2% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
48.1% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
Lower than expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust reported 32,315 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 81.3% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 68,893 patients on its waiting list, and 68.7% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 50.9% would recommend the trust to friends or family.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 17 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Hospitals run by this trust

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
68.7%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 1.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 61% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
11.1 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▲ 0.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 63% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
68,893
National median: 39,587
▲ 11,962 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,034
National median: 358.5
▲ 515 vs yr agoBetter than 22% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
81.3%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 1.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
32,315
National median: 14,642
▲ 1,688 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
572
National median: 194
▼ 40 vs yr agoBetter than 25% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
32,315
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
81.3%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
572
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
6,318
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
14,061
Seen within 4 hours
60.9%

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— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)32,31581.3%
Type 1 — major A&E14,06160.9%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E2,61192.7%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC15,64397.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
77.0%
2,394 of 3,108 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
72.2%
164 of 227 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
98.9%
359 of 363 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.2%76.0%April 202578.8%May 202573.1%June 202572.2%July 202577.2%August 202572.3%September 202573.9%October 202570.3%November 202568.7%December 202561.6%January 202663.6%February 202666.4%March 202667.0%April 202666.4%May 202672.2%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%77.0%80.7%April 202577.6%May 202579.1%June 202578.6%July 202578.7%August 202579.3%September 202578.5%October 202578.8%November 202570.7%December 202568.7%January 202670.4%February 202670.3%March 202670.5%April 202672.7%May 202677.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
94%96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%98.9%98.9%April 202598.2%May 202599.1%June 202597.3%July 202597.7%August 202598.5%September 202597.7%October 202598.4%November 202598.7%December 202597.8%January 202699.0%February 202698.1%March 202694.4%April 202696.4%May 202698.9%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)

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
92.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,057
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
27.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
70.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
15.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
761
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
4.3%
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
50.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 1.3 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.75
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
53.6%
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

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
29
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
4
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
13.8%
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)

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
96.1%
836 occupied of 870 open
Adult critical care occupancy
77.3%
34 occupied of 44 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
38.4%
of 22,369 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.8%
of 22,369 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
93
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
48%
of 1,252 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)

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
3
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 187 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
34.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
187
Of 559 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.7/10
Worse than most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.1/10
Worse than most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
7.9/10
Worse than most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.6/10
Worse than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts

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

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

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.

King George Hospital Ilford - Erica Ward - Stroke Rehab Unit
B70.2/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayA
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyC
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance C
Queens Hospital Romford HASU
D59.4/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B
Queens Hospital Romford SU
D49.3/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance D

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.

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of hip-fracture care PROCESSES at each hospital this trust runs.

Queens Hospital RomfordBest-practice 47.0%542 cases

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

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 307 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
25.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
307
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
8.5/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.7/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.4/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Enough nurses on duty
6.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
Worse than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.7/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.1/10
National average: 9.4/10
Worse than 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
6.1/10
National average: 6.7/10
Worse than the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

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

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 281 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
23.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
281
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.4/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.5/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.1/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.4/10
National average: 8.3/10
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.4/10
National average: 8.1/10
Worse than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
6.5/10
National average: 7.4/10
Worse than the national average
Test results explained before you left
6.6/10
National average: 7.5/10
Worse than the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.0/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
Worse than the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
7.4/10
National average: 8.3/10
Worse than the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

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 553 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
553
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.5/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
74%
National average: 78%
Worse than the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
74%
National average: 84%
Worse than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
78%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
73%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
84%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
72%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
57%
National average: 65%
Worse than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
87%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
37%
National average: 45%
Worse than 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)

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)
20.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.7
Patients
89
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.6%
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)
15.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 15.5
Patients
109
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
88.1%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.25
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

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

Diagnostic test waits

Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
48.1%
of 26,934 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Ultrasound10,58366.2%7,0053,352
Cystoscopy7458.1%4335
MRI8,74849.9%4,3661,679
CT scan4,13731.5%1,302442
Urodynamics6830.9%2117
DEXA Scan66919.6%1317
Respiratory physiology2048.8%183
Gastroscopy6133.4%211
Audiology3323.3%113
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy1553.2%50
Cardiology4712.3%115
Colonoscopy7101.8%130
Neurophysiology1700.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%20%40%Apr 2548.1%3.4%April 20254.5%May 20254.3%June 20255.0%July 20254.2%August 20252.6%September 20253.9%October 202552.6%April 202651.3%May 202648.1%June 2026

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

Safety: infections

Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia176
C. difficile10546
E. coli bacteraemia573122
MSSA bacteraemia12343
Klebsiella bacteraemia19468
Pseudomonas bacteraemia5031
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
20253035Dec 23Jan 25Jan 263122December 202329January 202421February 202423March 202426April 202425May 202426June 202433July 202430August 202424September 202423October 202426November 202428December 202424January 202519February 202532March 202525April 202524May 202530June 202527July 202524August 202528September 202525October 202522November 202534December 202530January 202621February 202626March 202625April 202623May 202627June 202631July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

Lower than expected
0.63
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,665 deaths vs 4,245 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.600.801.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.630.95December 20180.96January 20190.96February 20190.96March 20190.97April 20190.98May 20190.98June 20190.98July 20190.99August 20191.00September 20191.02October 20191.02November 20191.03December 20191.02January 20201.00February 20201.01March 20201.01April 20201.01May 20201.01June 20201.01July 20201.01August 20201.00September 20201.00October 20200.99November 20200.97December 20200.97January 20210.98February 20210.96March 20210.92April 20210.93May 20210.93June 20210.93July 20210.92August 20210.90September 20210.92October 20210.91November 20210.91December 20210.92January 20220.91February 20220.85March 20220.84April 20220.84May 20220.85June 20220.86July 20220.86August 20220.86September 20220.87October 20220.89November 20220.90December 20220.91January 20230.94February 20230.95March 20230.95April 20230.94May 20230.93June 20230.92July 20230.93August 20230.94September 20230.92October 20230.87November 20230.87December 20230.86January 20240.91February 20240.90March 20240.91April 20240.91May 20240.92June 20240.94July 20240.94August 20240.93September 20240.92October 20240.93November 20240.93December 20240.95January 20250.93February 20250.93March 20250.93April 20250.93May 20250.94June 20250.93July 20250.93August 20250.93September 20250.94October 20250.86November 20250.78December 20250.72January 20260.68February 20260.63March 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

Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Other - Medicals7,66872.6%10.4 wks41.5 wks196144
General Surgery7,16852.9%16.8 wks42.3 wks18170
Gynaecology6,21149.3%18.2 wks49.8 wks399331
Ear Nose and Throat5,64365.2%13.3 wks41.9 wks11221
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,12361.7%14.0 wks38.6 wks2100
Urology4,54671.3%11.0 wks28.6 wks000
Cardiology4,42977.8%10.1 wks24.1 wks200
Gastroenterology4,09878.3%8.8 wks32.7 wks2600
Ophthalmology3,96786.6%7.7 wks20.8 wks000
Other - Surgicals3,53767.8%10.8 wks36.9 wks1900
Dermatology3,14258.6%14.0 wks41.0 wks1200
Neurology3,01559.9%13.2 wks41.2 wks3510
Respiratory Medicine2,43594.8%5.1 wks15.8 wks100
Oral Surgery2,38680.3%7.6 wks28.9 wks1100
Neurosurgical2,35275.6%9.9 wks33.0 wks1454
Rheumatology1,16278.0%10.3 wks24.0 wks400
Elderly Medicine84193.0%6.4 wks17.7 wks100
Other - Others72590.9%7.6 wks21.0 wks000
Other - Paediatrics42682.9%10.6 wks20.6 wks000
General Internal Medicine1877.8%9.8 wks30.6 wks000
Other - Mental Healths1100.0%2.5 wks2.9 wks000

Figures come from NHS England's official monthly statistics and the CQC directory, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions.