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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford, BD9 6RJ · 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
69.3% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
81.0% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
71.5% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
11.9% 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

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 14,269 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 81% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 31,604 patients on its waiting list, and 69.3% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 60.5% of staff in the 2025 survey said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 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
69.3%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 65% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.9 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.2 wks vs yr agoBetter than 65% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
31,604
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,311 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
55
National median: 358.5
▼ 135 vs yr agoBetter than 75% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
81.0%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 2.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 78% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
14,269
National median: 14,642
▼ 11 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
143
National median: 194
▲ 92 vs yr agoBetter than 57% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
14,269
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
81.0%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
143
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,933
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
9,350
Seen within 4 hours
71.1%

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)14,26981.0%
Type 1 — major A&E9,35071.1%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,046100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC3,87399.8%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.3%
1,585 of 1,949 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
71.5%
117 of 163 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
95.9%
280 of 292 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%71.5%75.0%April 202573.7%May 202570.1%June 202574.5%July 202575.0%August 202567.9%September 202572.0%October 202574.4%November 202575.5%December 202568.3%January 202667.1%February 202678.7%March 202678.9%April 202674.3%May 202671.5%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.3%75.6%April 202577.7%May 202577.0%June 202579.9%July 202575.5%August 202577.3%September 202579.4%October 202575.5%November 202576.5%December 202574.6%January 202680.0%February 202685.3%March 202679.5%April 202682.3%May 202681.3%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
94%96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%95.9%96.2%April 202593.7%May 202594.2%June 202594.3%July 202595.7%August 202592.8%September 202594.9%October 202593.8%November 202595.5%December 202594.3%January 202697.9%February 202698.5%March 202695.3%April 202698.5%May 202695.9%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
92.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,376
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
18.3%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
69.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
22.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
735
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.7%
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
60.5%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 0.3 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.95
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
60.6%
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
136
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
30
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
22.1%
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
87.3%
500 occupied of 573 open
Adult critical care occupancy
100.0%
14 occupied of 14 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
15.3%
of 14,557 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.0%
of 14,557 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
80
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
46%
of 1,038 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
2
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 118 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
30.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
118
Of 396 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
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.

Bradford and Airedale SU
E22.6/100
West Yorkshire and Harrogate
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation 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.

Bradford Royal InfirmaryBest-practice 44.3%317 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 381 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
31.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
381
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.1/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.1/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.5/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.4/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.2/10
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
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 188 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
20.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
188
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.1/10
National average: 7.3/10
Worse than the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.1/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.9/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.5/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
6.4/10
National average: 7.4/10
Worse than the national average
Test results explained before you left
6.9/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
6.8/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.5/10
National average: 6.8/10
Worse than the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
7.3/10
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 296 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
296
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
74%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
88%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
80%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
68%
National average: 78%
Worse than 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
72%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
66%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
88%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
44%
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)
24.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 25.3
Patients
40
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.53
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 17.6
Patients
85
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.34
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
11.9%
of 6,844 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology1,10145.8%50487
Urodynamics7425.7%197
Gastroscopy28718.1%5216
Neurophysiology8413.1%110
Cardiology44513.0%5850
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy5710.5%60
Cystoscopy1996.5%138
Colonoscopy2145.6%120
Ultrasound1,5364.2%651
DEXA Scan5083.3%170
CT scan1,1983.3%400
MRI8671.7%150
Respiratory physiology2740.4%10
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 2611.9%20.1%April 202524.2%May 202526.8%June 202527.5%July 202532.1%August 202522.7%September 202517.0%October 202515.7%November 202520.3%December 202523.6%January 202618.6%February 202621.8%March 202617.5%April 202613.1%May 202611.9%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 bacteraemia143
C. difficile5632
E. coli bacteraemia30550
MSSA bacteraemia11329
Klebsiella bacteraemia6619
Pseudomonas bacteraemia247
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26910December 20238January 202410February 202411March 20249April 202411May 20246June 20248July 202413August 202412September 20249October 202413November 202418December 202413January 202514February 202510March 202510April 20259May 20256June 202517July 202512August 202515September 202515October 202514November 202512December 202512January 202612February 202612March 20266April 20269May 202612June 20269July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

Higher than expected
1.23
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,735 deaths vs 1,410 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.230.91December 20180.91January 20190.91February 20190.92March 20190.92April 20190.93May 20190.92June 20190.95July 20190.94August 20190.95September 20190.94October 20190.95November 20190.96December 20190.96January 20200.96February 20200.95March 20200.96April 20200.97May 20200.98June 20200.98July 20201.00August 20201.00September 20201.03October 20201.03November 20201.03December 20201.05January 20211.03February 20211.03March 20211.03April 20211.05May 20211.03June 20211.03July 20211.03August 20211.03September 20211.01October 20211.02November 20211.03December 20211.03January 20221.04February 20221.03March 20221.03April 20221.01May 20221.02June 20221.02July 20221.02August 20221.03September 20221.06October 20221.07November 20221.10December 20221.10January 20231.10February 20231.11March 20231.12April 20231.13May 20231.18June 20231.20July 20231.21August 20231.17September 20231.19October 20231.20November 20231.16December 20231.18January 20241.16February 20241.16March 20241.17April 20241.17May 20241.18June 20241.18July 20241.22August 20241.18September 20241.15October 20241.15November 20241.15December 20241.15January 20251.16February 20251.15March 20251.13April 20251.12May 20251.11June 20251.12July 20251.13August 20251.14September 20251.15October 20251.16November 20251.16December 20251.14January 20261.18February 20261.23March 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 - Medicals4,20470.6%10.8 wks33.5 wks400
Other - Surgicals3,61078.1%7.7 wks29.5 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat3,33164.4%12.8 wks32.1 wks100
Gynaecology2,68772.4%10.8 wks29.0 wks000
Ophthalmology2,38975.3%9.5 wks29.2 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,97654.7%16.1 wks42.8 wks4500
Oral Surgery1,92554.2%16.3 wks38.0 wks000
Urology1,92062.4%13.9 wks32.3 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1,91470.9%11.0 wks28.3 wks000
Neurology1,34155.0%16.4 wks38.9 wks100
Gastroenterology1,31272.9%10.0 wks32.8 wks000
Dermatology98791.1%3.9 wks18.7 wks000
Cardiology93378.3%9.9 wks24.5 wks000
Plastic Surgery90563.1%14.0 wks37.2 wks300
Respiratory Medicine85267.7%11.8 wks38.4 wks100
Rheumatology46389.6%7.3 wks20.0 wks000
Other - Others40989.7%6.7 wks19.3 wks000
General Surgery32157.0%15.5 wks32.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine6794.0%4.6 wks15.6 wks000
General Internal Medicine5882.8%2.9 wks21.7 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.