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Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Huddersfield, HD3 3EA · 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
75.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
85.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Meets NHS standard
87.2% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
9.5% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported 17,089 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 85.1% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 9.4 weeks, and 75.4% of patients 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 19 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
75.4%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 6.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 82% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
9.4 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.3 wks vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
35,571
National median: 39,587
▼ 994 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
8
National median: 358.5
▼ 38 vs yr agoBetter than 84% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
85.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 0.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 82% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
17,089
National median: 14,642
▲ 311 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
92
National median: 194
▲ 85 vs yr agoBetter than 62% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
17,089
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
85.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
92
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,104
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
17,089
Seen within 4 hours
85.1%

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)17,08985.1%
Type 1 — major A&E17,08985.1%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
79.3%
1,837 of 2,317 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
87.2%
190 of 218 treated in time
Target 85% · meets target
Treatment within 31 days
98.1%
305 of 311 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
85%90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%87.2%86.4%April 202589.9%May 202585.2%June 202585.6%July 202587.5%August 202593.1%September 202591.2%October 202590.0%November 202594.1%December 202591.4%January 202687.9%February 202692.6%March 202690.5%April 202692.3%May 202687.2%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%79.3%77.6%April 202575.7%May 202576.7%June 202576.7%July 202577.9%August 202577.5%September 202579.6%October 202575.7%November 202579.6%December 202574.2%January 202682.5%February 202682.6%March 202676.3%April 202678.9%May 202679.3%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%98.1%98.9%April 202598.1%May 202597.2%June 202597.9%July 202597.6%August 202597.7%September 202598.9%October 202598.2%November 202597.9%December 202599.4%January 202699.3%February 202698.4%March 202696.5%April 202699.3%May 202698.1%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
98.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
0.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,246
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.3%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
75.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
14.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
737
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
5.0%
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
65.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 4.2 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.92
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
62.5%
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
110
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
2
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
1.8%
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%
663 occupied of 690 open
Adult critical care occupancy
62.5%
5 occupied of 8 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
13.6%
of 17,469 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.8%
of 17,469 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
143
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
37%
of 1,574 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
6
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 125 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
40.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
125
Of 321 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.5/10
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)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
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.

Calderdale Royal Hospital
D42.8/100
West Yorkshire and Harrogate
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeA
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Calderdale And Huddersfield 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.

Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryBest-practice 32.6%544 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 470 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
40.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
470
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
9.0/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.0/10
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
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
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
6.2/10
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 303 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
24.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
303
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
1.9/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.9/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.1/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.6/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.9/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.0/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.4/10
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 353 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
353
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
80%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
85%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
82%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
79%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
93%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
75%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
62%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
91%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
49%
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)
22.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 21.0
Patients
142
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.44
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 14.6
Patients
154
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.28
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
9.5%
of 11,296 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology1,80235.0%63042
Audiology46812.8%600
Ultrasound2,6258.2%21415
MRI2,5645.6%14312
DEXA Scan7131.8%130
CT scan1,2721.1%141
Colonoscopy5090.6%30
Gastroscopy6510.2%10
Neurophysiology2380.0%00
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy1260.0%00
Cystoscopy2950.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%15%20%Apr 25Jan 269.5%11.3%April 202513.5%May 202512.1%June 20259.1%July 202512.8%August 20259.1%September 20256.7%October 202512.2%November 202521.1%December 202520.4%January 202611.3%February 20269.9%March 202610.0%April 20269.2%May 20269.5%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 bacteraemia113
C. difficile10039
E. coli bacteraemia33540
MSSA bacteraemia9630
Klebsiella bacteraemia8817
Pseudomonas bacteraemia2110
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2697December 20239January 20248February 20249March 20247April 20247May 20249June 202412July 20246August 202410September 20249October 202413November 202418December 202413January 202510February 202514March 202512April 20257May 202510June 202514July 202517August 20259September 202516October 202512November 20258December 202512January 20269February 202612March 202615April 202613May 20267June 20269July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.17
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,415 deaths vs 2,065 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.171.01December 20181.01January 20191.00February 20191.00March 20191.00April 20191.00May 20191.00June 20191.00July 20190.99August 20190.97September 20190.97October 20190.97November 20190.98December 20190.97January 20200.98February 20200.97March 20200.97April 20200.98May 20200.98June 20200.99July 20201.00August 20201.01September 20201.02October 20201.02November 20201.01December 20201.02January 20211.03February 20211.05March 20211.05April 20211.05May 20211.05June 20211.05July 20211.05August 20211.05September 20211.05October 20211.05November 20211.05December 20211.04January 20221.04February 20221.05March 20221.05April 20221.05May 20221.05June 20221.06July 20221.05August 20221.05September 20221.04October 20221.03November 20221.02December 20221.01January 20231.01February 20231.00March 20231.01April 20231.00May 20231.01June 20231.00July 20231.01August 20231.04September 20231.04October 20231.05November 20231.08December 20231.09January 20241.10February 20241.13March 20241.13April 20241.15May 20241.14June 20241.16July 20241.15August 20241.13September 20241.13October 20241.14November 20241.14December 20241.14January 20251.15February 20251.15March 20251.15April 20251.14May 20251.14June 20251.14July 20251.16August 20251.17September 20251.18October 20251.18November 20251.17December 20251.17January 20261.18February 20261.17March 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
General Surgery5,37373.5%9.1 wks31.1 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat5,22964.2%13.4 wks33.6 wks000
Gynaecology3,07073.5%10.2 wks33.1 wks000
Gastroenterology2,59572.1%10.1 wks32.9 wks400
Ophthalmology2,47290.2%6.3 wks19.0 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,42074.9%9.8 wks29.2 wks100
Urology1,92377.1%9.5 wks30.0 wks000
Oral Surgery1,80558.1%14.0 wks39.3 wks000
Cardiology1,79980.8%9.0 wks27.8 wks200
Dermatology1,70789.9%4.8 wks20.1 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1,58585.2%9.1 wks22.0 wks000
Other - Medicals1,49183.0%7.4 wks24.6 wks000
Respiratory Medicine98578.7%8.1 wks27.7 wks000
Rheumatology97073.5%11.0 wks28.7 wks100
Neurology73394.3%6.5 wks16.5 wks000
Plastic Surgery54456.3%15.1 wks35.2 wks000
Other - Surgicals34486.0%8.3 wks19.9 wks000
Other - Others22289.6%6.6 wks19.0 wks000
Elderly Medicine19780.2%9.2 wks22.9 wks000
General Internal Medicine10797.2%8.1 wks17.4 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.