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Chesterfield Royal Hospital 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
62.9% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
69.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.5% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
12.8% 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

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust saw 13,024 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 69.6% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 27,019 patients on its waiting list, and 62.9% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 64.5% of employees would recommend the hospital to friends or relatives.

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
62.9%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 27% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
12.6 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
27,019
National median: 39,587
▼ 4,505 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
568
National median: 358.5
▼ 355 vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
69.6%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 3.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 30% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
13,024
National median: 14,642
▲ 613 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
208
National median: 194
▲ 108 vs yr agoBetter than 48% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
13,024
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
69.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
208
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,253
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
7,163
Seen within 4 hours
45.9%

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)13,02469.6%
Type 1 — major A&E7,16345.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC5,86198.6%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.0%
1,212 of 1,496 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
72.5%
119 of 164 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
92.6%
174 of 188 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.5%77.6%April 202574.9%May 202575.5%June 202577.5%July 202570.8%August 202557.8%September 202559.6%October 202563.7%November 202569.5%December 202568.5%January 202667.4%February 202672.6%March 202676.4%April 202669.4%May 202672.5%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.0%73.9%April 202573.7%May 202574.0%June 202577.3%July 202571.7%August 202570.3%September 202573.5%October 202573.3%November 202576.1%December 202567.9%January 202678.0%February 202677.6%March 202675.2%April 202679.8%May 202681.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
85%90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%92.6%94.8%April 202593.4%May 202594.8%June 202591.7%July 202593.5%August 202586.7%September 202582.7%October 202586.9%November 202591.3%December 202592.3%January 202689.9%February 202692.2%March 202692.1%April 202692.7%May 202692.6%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
2.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,197
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
24.6%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
68.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
17.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
491
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.2%
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
64.5%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.5 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.80
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
61.9%
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
129
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
70
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
54.3%
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
93.4%
481 occupied of 515 open
Adult critical care occupancy
60.0%
9 occupied of 15 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
12.0%
of 9,761 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
3.7%
of 9,761 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
78
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
48%
of 1,049 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
1
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 128 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
43.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
128
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.9/10
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)
9.1/10
Better than 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.

Chesterfield Royal
D40.0/100
East Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeA
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Chesterfield Royal Hospital 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.

Chesterfield RoyalBest-practice 53.5%480 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 518 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
43.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
518
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.4/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.4/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than 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
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.5/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.8/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.5/10
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 254 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
27.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
254
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.6/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.4/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.2/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.7/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.2/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.5/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.5/10
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 206 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
206
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
82%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
81%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
85%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
81%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
90%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
76%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
73%
National average: 65%
Better than 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
54%
National average: 45%
Better 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)
22.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 25.1
Patients
70
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.1%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.46
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
19.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 21.7
Patients
81
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
95.1%
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
12.8%
of 8,849 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics5468.5%3729
Audiology1,17351.0%598221
DEXA Scan57528.2%16229
Gastroscopy20714.0%2912
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy7311.0%85
Colonoscopy2988.1%2410
MRI1,5214.4%6728
CT scan9874.3%423
Ultrasound3,4454.2%14323
Cardiology4344.1%182
Cystoscopy821.2%10
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%40%Apr 25Jan 2612.8%40.0%April 202543.2%May 202539.6%June 202535.2%July 202534.8%August 202531.0%September 202521.0%October 202520.8%November 202525.5%December 202520.0%January 202612.1%February 202615.1%March 202616.0%April 202614.3%May 202612.8%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 bacteraemia10
C. difficile12134
E. coli bacteraemia28052
MSSA bacteraemia6918
Klebsiella bacteraemia5711
Pseudomonas bacteraemia142
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26158December 20239January 20244February 20249March 20249April 202411May 20248June 202410July 202412August 20249September 202412October 20247November 202410December 20246January 202511February 202510March 20256April 20258May 20259June 202512July 202511August 20257September 20258October 20257November 20258December 202512January 202614February 20267March 20269April 202610May 20269June 202615July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.06
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,895 deaths vs 1,785 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.061.00December 20181.00January 20191.00February 20191.00March 20191.01April 20191.01May 20191.01June 20191.01July 20191.01August 20191.00September 20190.99October 20190.99November 20190.99December 20190.98January 20200.99February 20200.99March 20200.97April 20200.96May 20200.96June 20200.97July 20200.97August 20200.97September 20200.97October 20200.95November 20200.94December 20200.95January 20210.95February 20210.96March 20210.94April 20210.96May 20210.96June 20210.97July 20210.97August 20210.98September 20210.99October 20211.00November 20210.98December 20210.98January 20220.98February 20220.96March 20220.96April 20220.94May 20220.95June 20220.94July 20220.94August 20220.92September 20220.92October 20220.92November 20220.94December 20220.93January 20230.95February 20230.97March 20230.97April 20230.99May 20230.99June 20231.02July 20231.04August 20231.05September 20231.00October 20230.99November 20230.97December 20230.99January 20240.97February 20240.95March 20240.97April 20241.01May 20241.06June 20241.09July 20241.12August 20241.17September 20241.21October 20241.28November 20241.33December 20241.34January 20250.97February 20250.94March 20250.94April 20250.93May 20250.93June 20250.92July 20250.93August 20250.94September 20250.95October 20250.96November 20250.98December 20251.02January 20261.03February 20261.06March 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 - Surgicals2,89660.9%12.7 wks41.0 wks5110
Ear Nose and Throat2,56067.5%11.5 wks35.7 wks3920
Gynaecology2,53456.8%15.1 wks42.9 wks8210
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,34350.9%17.4 wks45.9 wks6300
Dermatology2,22964.7%12.4 wks36.4 wks200
Ophthalmology2,14771.9%10.8 wks32.7 wks500
Other - Paediatrics2,09673.2%9.4 wks35.0 wks1400
Other - Medicals2,06561.2%13.9 wks37.0 wks1700
Urology1,70258.0%14.1 wks40.6 wks5210
Gastroenterology1,64266.4%11.0 wks36.7 wks1500
General Surgery1,31147.7%19.7 wks55.3 wks15920
Oral Surgery1,10360.1%11.9 wks46.3 wks4710
Cardiology1,07368.0%11.4 wks36.1 wks1500
Respiratory Medicine50975.0%8.7 wks28.0 wks100
General Internal Medicine46169.6%10.9 wks32.0 wks200
Rheumatology34879.9%7.0 wks30.4 wks400

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.