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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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At a glance

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

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
59.2% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
78.4% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
60.7% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
22.4% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
Higher 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

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 18,749 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 78.4% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 40,409 patients on its waiting list, and 59.2% were seen within 18 weeks of referral.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 20 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
59.2%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 8% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
14.4 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 8% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
40,409
National median: 39,587
▲ 3,142 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,101
National median: 358.5
▼ 629 vs yr agoBetter than 18% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
78.4%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 1.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 70% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
18,749
National median: 14,642
▼ 657 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
412
National median: 194
▲ 72 vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
18,749
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
78.4%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
412
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,366
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
8,927
Seen within 4 hours
56.1%

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)18,74978.4%
Type 1 — major A&E8,92756.1%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC9,82298.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
70.4%
1,677 of 2,383 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
60.7%
121 of 199 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
97.1%
199 of 205 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
40%60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%60.7%64.5%April 202566.1%May 202556.9%June 202557.9%July 202560.4%August 202552.0%September 202557.7%October 202562.3%November 202568.7%December 202558.8%January 202657.4%February 202661.2%March 202660.4%April 202632.3%May 202660.7%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%65%70%75%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%70.4%65.8%April 202560.9%May 202562.3%June 202561.0%July 202562.9%August 202565.2%September 202570.0%October 202568.6%November 202568.9%December 202561.1%January 202670.4%February 202666.6%March 202666.2%April 202672.9%May 202670.4%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%97.1%95.3%April 202597.3%May 202596.5%June 202597.8%July 202596.2%August 202597.9%September 202597.2%October 202596.3%November 202597.4%December 202597.6%January 202697.3%February 202696.6%March 202695.7%April 2026100.0%May 202697.1%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
95.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,048
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
64.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
70.9%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
19.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
392
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.9%
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
47.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff SurveyMedian English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.37
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
42.9%
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
225
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
44
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
19.6%
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
95.1%
678 occupied of 713 open
Adult critical care occupancy
61.8%
21 occupied of 34 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
32.1%
of 11,605 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
12.8%
of 11,605 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
92
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
45%
of 1,183 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

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 90 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
30.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
90
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.1/10
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.

Blackpool Victoria Hospital
D40.4/100
Lancashire and South Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
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

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 514 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
43.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
514
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
8.8/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.9/10
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
6.9/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.3/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.1/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as 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 331 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
28.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
331
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.8/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.2/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.5/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.7/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.7/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
6.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
Worse than the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.0/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
6.9/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.7/10
National average: 6.8/10
Worse than the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
7.8/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as 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 78 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
78
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
73%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
91%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
75%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
76%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
82%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
71%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
74%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
92%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
39%
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)

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)
16.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 15.2
Patients
58
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
82.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.27
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
14.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 13.5
Patients
55
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
89.1%
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
22.4%
of 8,191 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics17486.8%151125
Audiology1,26758.3%739409
Cystoscopy15448.7%7527
CT scan85121.0%1794
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy8520.0%171
MRI1,64819.0%313158
Neurophysiology7617.1%130
Gastroscopy39917.0%681
Colonoscopy43614.9%653
Ultrasound2,1249.1%1930
Respiratory physiology2025.0%100
Cardiology6972.0%140
DEXA Scan520.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%30%Apr 25Jan 2622.4%17.3%April 202516.6%May 202521.2%June 202522.8%July 202530.3%August 202533.9%September 202532.4%October 202526.7%November 202531.4%December 202533.0%January 202627.4%February 202621.4%March 202621.0%April 202618.0%May 202622.4%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 bacteraemia114
C. difficile16976
E. coli bacteraemia37766
MSSA bacteraemia11537
Klebsiella bacteraemia10322
Pseudomonas bacteraemia277
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
102030Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261010December 202324January 202420February 202418March 202422April 202416May 202417June 202425July 202428August 202414September 202421October 202415November 202425December 202426January 202512February 202519March 202515April 202516May 202519June 202520July 202520August 202521September 202522October 202517November 202513December 202518January 202617February 202618March 202622April 202618May 202616June 202610July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

Higher than expected
1.32
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,300 deaths vs 1,740 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.201.40Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.321.16December 20181.16January 20191.15February 20191.15March 20191.13April 20191.14May 20191.13June 20191.13July 20191.12August 20191.11September 20191.11October 20191.12November 20191.12December 20191.11January 20201.11February 20201.10March 20201.09April 20201.08May 20201.10June 20201.08July 20201.09August 20201.09September 20201.08October 20201.06November 20201.06December 20201.05January 20211.05February 20211.05March 20211.05April 20211.06May 20211.05June 20211.06July 20211.05August 20211.05September 20211.06October 20211.07November 20211.07December 20211.07January 20221.07February 20221.08March 20221.09April 20221.09May 20221.07June 20221.07July 20221.06August 20221.06September 20221.05October 20221.04November 20221.02December 20221.02January 20231.01February 20231.00March 20231.02April 20231.01May 20231.01June 20231.01July 20231.01August 20231.01September 20231.00October 20231.01November 20231.02December 20231.02January 20241.04February 20241.03March 20241.02April 20241.02May 20241.04June 20241.04July 20241.05August 20241.05September 20241.04October 20241.03November 20241.02December 20241.04January 20251.04February 20251.09March 20251.14April 20251.19May 20251.19June 20251.20July 20251.22August 20251.13September 20251.25October 20251.32November 20251.32December 20251.34January 20261.36February 20261.32March 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
Cardiology5,29752.0%17.3 wks47.2 wks263520
Gastroenterology3,69257.5%14.9 wks44.0 wks13420
Ear Nose and Throat3,26466.9%11.3 wks39.1 wks2500
Other - Medicals3,24366.1%12.4 wks30.6 wks000
Gynaecology3,17448.4%19.0 wks56.1 wks373480
Dermatology3,15965.9%11.1 wks35.0 wks000
Ophthalmology3,12164.5%11.9 wks39.0 wks4200
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,98658.7%15.1 wks40.4 wks2500
Urology2,39748.9%18.7 wks46.5 wks8210
Oral Surgery2,07645.2%20.2 wks42.0 wks2100
Other - Surgicals2,01577.1%7.5 wks30.8 wks500
Other - Paediatrics1,35665.4%13.5 wks32.5 wks700
General Surgery1,20756.3%16.3 wks37.9 wks700
Respiratory Medicine1,11959.4%14.3 wks36.9 wks2210
Rheumatology1,06768.2%12.2 wks32.0 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery93749.8%18.2 wks54.3 wks95200
Plastic Surgery23572.8%11.4 wks33.1 wks000
Elderly Medicine6392.1%4.5 wks18.0 wks000
General Internal Medicine10.0%42.5 wks42.9 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.