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Doncaster And Bassetlaw 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
64.1% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
73.3% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
77.6% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
24.2% 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

Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 19,256 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 73.3% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 54,323 patients on its waiting list, and 64.1% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 56.4% 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 18 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
64.1%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.3 pts vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
12.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 40% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
54,323
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,083 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,445
National median: 358.5
▼ 115 vs yr agoBetter than 11% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
73.3%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 0.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 46% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
19,256
National median: 14,642
▲ 449 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
180
National median: 194
▲ 125 vs yr agoBetter than 54% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
19,256
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
73.3%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
180
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
5,763
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
14,905
Seen within 4 hours
65.6%

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)19,25673.3%
Type 1 — major A&E14,90565.6%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC4,35199.8%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
82.7%
1,795 of 2,171 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
77.6%
144 of 185 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.7%
203 of 210 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%77.6%76.3%April 202572.7%May 202571.1%June 202571.2%July 202565.5%August 202566.7%September 202570.3%October 202568.8%November 202571.6%December 202574.9%January 202673.9%February 202678.6%March 202679.1%April 202670.4%May 202677.6%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%82.7%75.6%April 202574.6%May 202582.1%June 202579.1%July 202576.0%August 202575.9%September 202581.2%October 202581.7%November 202583.2%December 202580.2%January 202683.3%February 202681.5%March 202669.8%April 202676.3%May 202682.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%97%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.7%96.7%April 202597.5%May 202597.5%June 202598.1%July 202595.9%August 202596.6%September 202596.1%October 202597.1%November 202597.4%December 202596.2%January 202697.7%February 202698.4%March 202696.3%April 202697.5%May 202696.7%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
93.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,501
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
16.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
75.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
16.5%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,006
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.1%
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
56.4%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.7 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.68
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
55.6%
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
142
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
13
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
9.2%
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
94.0%
676 occupied of 719 open
Adult critical care occupancy
42.3%
11 occupied of 26 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
15.2%
of 17,506 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.8%
of 17,506 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
117
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
8%
of 891 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 103 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
33.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
103
Of 305 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.6/10
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.

Doncaster Royal Infirmary
E37.5/100
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Montagu Hospital
D58.0/100
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Doncaster And Bassetlaw 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.

Doncaster Royal Infirmary546 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 407 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
34.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
407
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.7/10
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
8.9/10
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
7.9/10
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
6.9/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.8/10
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 275 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
30.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
275
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.3/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.0/10
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
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.4/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.3/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.6/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.6/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.3/10
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 250 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
250
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
79%
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
81%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
82%
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
73%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
60%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
85%
National average: 89%
Worse than 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)
21.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.1
Patients
124
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.45
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.1
Patients
161
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
91.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.30
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
24.2%
of 13,706 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology1,40170.0%980668
MRI3,76647.2%1,778459
Neurophysiology29843.6%1302
Urodynamics9221.7%207
DEXA Scan67120.6%1388
Ultrasound4,3894.9%21620
CT scan1,5923.0%474
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy832.4%20
Cardiology2121.9%40
Colonoscopy3671.1%40
Gastroscopy3710.8%30
Cystoscopy4400.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%40%Apr 25Jan 2624.2%19.6%April 202518.4%May 202519.8%June 202520.0%July 202533.4%August 202549.4%September 202514.9%October 202519.5%November 202525.8%December 202536.0%January 202624.8%February 202626.2%March 202629.0%April 202624.2%May 202624.2%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 bacteraemia64
C. difficile16469
E. coli bacteraemia45158
MSSA bacteraemia12842
Klebsiella bacteraemia13029
Pseudomonas bacteraemia448
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
1020Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261823December 202324January 202416February 202413March 202412April 202417May 202415June 202411July 20246August 202420September 202415October 202411November 202416December 202417January 202519February 20259March 202520April 202520May 202516June 202517July 202513August 202519September 202518October 202519November 202515December 202523January 202616February 202614March 202621April 202616May 202618June 202618July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.15
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,700 deaths vs 2,350 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.151.03December 20181.04January 20191.05February 20191.06March 20191.08April 20191.08May 20191.08June 20191.08July 20191.09August 20191.10September 20191.11October 20191.10November 20191.12December 20191.11January 20201.11February 20201.10March 20201.10April 20201.11May 20201.10June 20201.09July 20201.07August 20201.08September 20201.09October 20201.10November 20201.11December 20201.10January 20211.10February 20211.13March 20211.11April 20211.12May 20211.13June 20211.13July 20211.15August 20211.14September 20211.13October 20211.12November 20211.12December 20211.12January 20221.13February 20221.15March 20221.18April 20221.17May 20221.17June 20221.17July 20221.16August 20221.17September 20221.18October 20221.18November 20221.19December 20221.18January 20231.17February 20231.15March 20231.16April 20231.13May 20231.13June 20231.15July 20231.15August 20231.15September 20231.14October 20231.14November 20231.14December 20231.13January 20241.13February 20241.13March 20241.12April 20241.14May 20241.15June 20241.14July 20241.14August 20241.14September 20241.14October 20241.15November 20241.15December 20241.14January 20251.14February 20251.14March 20251.14April 20251.13May 20251.15June 20251.16July 20251.13August 20251.14September 20251.14October 20251.14November 20251.15December 20251.15January 20261.15February 20261.15March 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
Trauma and Orthopaedic12,75053.8%16.0 wks52.8 wks1,100663
Ear Nose and Throat6,51450.5%17.7 wks46.0 wks27521
Other - Medicals4,76371.4%9.6 wks37.3 wks3500
General Surgery4,07768.3%11.3 wks35.0 wks600
Ophthalmology3,94367.9%10.9 wks35.2 wks1200
Gastroenterology3,53069.2%11.6 wks30.0 wks200
Urology2,84971.5%10.5 wks31.9 wks300
Gynaecology2,78973.8%7.2 wks32.4 wks211
Dermatology2,56384.4%7.4 wks24.0 wks000
Respiratory Medicine2,41155.2%16.0 wks35.2 wks200
Cardiology2,38683.5%9.6 wks23.2 wks100
Other - Surgicals2,30370.4%9.2 wks37.3 wks500
Oral Surgery2,23456.6%15.0 wks37.8 wks100
Rheumatology84469.9%12.0 wks29.3 wks000
Other - Paediatrics23383.3%7.9 wks23.7 wks100
Elderly Medicine12588.8%4.3 wks19.5 wks000
General Internal Medicine977.8%9.5 wks38.3 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.