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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ · 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
64.5% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
91.4% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
68.5% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
27.3% 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

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust reported 9,248 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 91.4% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 19,369 patients on its waiting list, and 64.5% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 65.5% of staff would recommend the hospital to friends or relatives in the 2025 NHS Staff Survey.

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
64.5%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 3.8 pts vs yr agoBetter than 35% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
12.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.3 wks vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
19,369
National median: 39,587
▼ 910 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
101
National median: 358.5
▼ 586 vs yr agoBetter than 68% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
91.4%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 15.3 pts vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
9,248
National median: 14,642
▲ 776 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
100
National median: 194
▼ 155 vs yr agoBetter than 61% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
9,248
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
91.4%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
100
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,222
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
7,469
Seen within 4 hours
89.4%

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)9,24891.4%
Type 1 — major A&E7,46989.4%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC1,779100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
76.7%
514 of 670 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
68.5%
56 of 81 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
98.6%
72 of 73 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%68.5%69.0%April 202564.7%May 202560.8%June 202569.9%July 202566.7%August 202559.4%September 202573.7%October 202564.9%November 202562.7%December 202561.7%January 202659.5%February 202683.1%March 202674.5%April 202661.6%May 202668.5%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%76.7%62.0%April 202566.6%May 202571.9%June 202579.4%July 202575.6%August 202580.0%September 202578.6%October 202575.6%November 202575.6%December 202578.3%January 202686.6%February 202683.4%March 202675.6%April 202683.6%May 202676.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%98.6%98.5%April 2025100.0%May 2025100.0%June 2025100.0%July 2025100.0%August 2025100.0%September 202597.1%October 202595.7%November 202595.1%December 202597.8%January 202688.6%February 202695.8%March 202698.6%April 202696.6%May 202698.6%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
91.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
778
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
19.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
78.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
13.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,031
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
13.6%
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
65.5%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 1.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.95
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
63.4%
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
41
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
17
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
41.5%
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
91.8%
359 occupied of 391 open
Adult critical care occupancy
50.0%
4 occupied of 8 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
38.1%
of 5,896 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
16.1%
of 5,896 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
38
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
57%
of 611 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 117 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
39.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
117
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.9/10
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)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
9.0/10
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.

George Eliot Hospital
C64.0/100
West Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayA
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

George Eliot Hospital NHS 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.

George Eliot HospitalBest-practice 43.3%336 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 450 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
37.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
450
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.1/10
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
9.1/10
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
9.5/10
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
6.9/10
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 223 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
24.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
223
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
3.1/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.2/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.1/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.3/10
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
7.4/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.9/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.5/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.6/10
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 67 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
67
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.2/10
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
90%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
87%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
90%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
100%
National average: 88%
Better than 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
70%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
94%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
39%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

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
27.3%
of 6,015 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology1,27564.7%825490
Respiratory physiology39155.5%21792
MRI1,93027.8%53610
Gastroscopy20411.3%235
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy8710.3%90
Colonoscopy1446.9%104
CT scan5791.6%90
Ultrasound1,1201.1%122
DEXA Scan1520.0%00
Urodynamics950.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 2627.3%4.0%April 20254.9%May 20254.1%June 20252.4%July 20255.9%August 202510.2%September 20258.7%October 202510.6%November 202511.0%December 202513.0%January 202611.2%February 202617.7%March 202624.8%April 202625.9%May 202627.3%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 bacteraemia20
C. difficile6220
E. coli bacteraemia20217
MSSA bacteraemia372
Klebsiella bacteraemia6314
Pseudomonas bacteraemia182
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
0510Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2656December 20235January 20245February 20249March 20245April 20248May 20245June 20247July 20246August 20241September 202411October 20244November 20245December 20249January 20253February 202511March 20257April 20255May 20256June 20257July 202511August 20256September 20255October 20256November 20252December 20253January 20260February 20263March 20265April 20262May 20267June 20265July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.10
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,295 deaths vs 1,180 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.101.16December 20181.15January 20191.14February 20191.12March 20191.12April 20191.12May 20191.12June 20191.13July 20191.11August 20191.12September 20191.14October 20191.13November 20191.13December 20191.14January 20201.15February 20201.16March 20201.15April 20201.14May 20201.13June 20201.11July 20201.12August 20201.11September 20201.08October 20201.07November 20201.07December 20201.04January 20211.01February 20211.01March 20211.03April 20211.03May 20211.02June 20211.03July 20211.01August 20211.02September 20211.02October 20211.05November 20211.05December 20211.07January 20221.11February 20221.11March 20221.09April 20221.10May 20221.10June 20221.10July 20221.11August 20221.11September 20221.13October 20221.11November 20221.10December 20221.08January 20231.07February 20231.07March 20231.08April 20231.10May 20231.13June 20231.18July 20231.11August 20231.11September 20231.10October 20231.09November 20231.08December 20231.06January 20241.06February 20241.05March 20241.06April 20241.06May 20241.06June 20241.04July 20241.03August 20241.02September 20241.02October 20241.03November 20241.05December 20241.06January 20251.07February 20251.09March 20251.07April 20251.07May 20251.09June 20251.11July 20251.12August 20251.13September 20251.14October 20251.15November 20251.12December 20251.12January 20261.11February 20261.10March 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
Ear Nose and Throat2,26139.7%22.1 wks46.1 wks3700
Other - Others2,17944.2%20.4 wks43.3 wks2600
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,00376.9%9.1 wks28.5 wks100
Urology1,81161.5%13.2 wks32.1 wks500
Gynaecology1,66469.1%10.6 wks35.9 wks900
General Surgery1,33156.0%15.9 wks39.3 wks400
Cardiology1,23579.8%9.7 wks24.9 wks000
Gastroenterology1,16874.0%10.6 wks29.6 wks400
Oral Surgery1,13940.6%21.2 wks38.4 wks800
Other - Surgicals1,09280.1%6.5 wks28.5 wks200
Ophthalmology91177.1%9.7 wks30.1 wks500
Other - Medicals70790.1%5.4 wks19.2 wks000
Respiratory Medicine60075.2%8.8 wks27.1 wks000
Other - Paediatrics53486.5%6.5 wks22.7 wks000
Rheumatology27296.0%5.3 wks14.8 wks000
General Internal Medicine26676.3%7.3 wks23.2 wks000
Plastic Surgery10992.7%3.7 wks15.8 wks000
Elderly Medicine8785.1%9.4 wks24.0 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.