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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Basingstoke, RG24 9NA · 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
65.1% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
64.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
77.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
27.0% 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

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 15,359 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 64.1% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 50,443 patients on its waiting list, and 65.1% 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 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
65.1%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 5.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 41% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
11.5 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 2.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 57% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
50,443
National median: 39,587
▲ 97 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,291
National median: 358.5
▼ 370 vs yr agoBetter than 15% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
64.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 3.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 11% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
15,359
National median: 14,642
▲ 656 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
7
National median: 194
▼ 26 vs yr agoBetter than 75% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
15,359
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
64.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
7
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,704
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
10,368
Seen within 4 hours
46.8%

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)15,35964.1%
Type 1 — major A&E10,36846.8%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E71100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC4,920100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
78.1%
2,090 of 2,676 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
77.8%
204 of 262 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.3%
334 of 347 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%77.8%76.1%April 202574.3%May 202567.7%June 202569.2%July 202568.1%August 202562.0%September 202561.3%October 202561.7%November 202568.6%December 202563.0%January 202670.7%February 202673.6%March 202671.6%April 202680.1%May 202677.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%78.1%78.5%April 202575.8%May 202580.2%June 202575.6%July 202574.0%August 202567.6%September 202566.7%October 202566.5%November 202569.5%December 202563.0%January 202680.2%February 202679.7%March 202679.2%April 202678.9%May 202678.1%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%92.5%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.3%92.6%April 202590.8%May 202592.0%June 202593.6%July 202593.2%August 202589.5%September 202592.6%October 202593.5%November 202593.3%December 202590.0%January 202696.1%February 202695.0%March 202694.6%April 202696.1%May 202696.3%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
97.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,949
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
18.6%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
77.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
14.5%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,075
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
10.0%
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
65.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 0.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.90
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
60.3%
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
146
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
41
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
28.1%
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
88.1%
715 occupied of 812 open
Adult critical care occupancy
63.0%
17 occupied of 27 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
15.9%
of 12,475 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
4.3%
of 12,475 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
157
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
38%
of 1,766 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 153 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
46.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
153
Of 332 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.9/10
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.

Royal Hampshire County Hospital
D51.2/100
Wessex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyC
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)

Hampshire 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.

North Hampshire HospitalBest-practice 40.3%474 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 553 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
46.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
553
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
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
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.6/10
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
9.6/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.1/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.7/10
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 313 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
34.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
313
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.7/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.2/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.0/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.5/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.5/10
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
7.7/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.5/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.2/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.7/10
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 579 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
579
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
87%
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
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
88%
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
65%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
92%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
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
Patients
26
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Patients
18
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before

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
27.0%
of 14,911 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Colonoscopy1,49576.7%1,146888
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy39176.5%299220
Gastroscopy1,54674.8%1,157878
Respiratory physiology59753.6%320104
Urodynamics7342.5%318
Cystoscopy41739.8%16644
Ultrasound4,95312.0%5941
Cardiology81811.9%974
MRI2,0109.2%18433
Barium Enema793.8%30
Audiology7283.6%260
CT scan1,2900.4%50
DEXA Scan5140.2%11
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
25%30%35%40%Apr 25Jan 2627.0%40.9%April 202540.7%May 202535.3%June 202533.7%July 202536.4%August 202534.0%September 202532.1%October 202534.0%November 202536.5%December 202535.6%January 202629.5%February 202626.2%March 202630.4%April 202630.2%May 202627.0%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 bacteraemia42
C. difficile13946
E. coli bacteraemia36751
MSSA bacteraemia9328
Klebsiella bacteraemia9231
Pseudomonas bacteraemia299
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
5101520Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261318December 202310January 202417February 20247March 20249April 202416May 20249June 202413July 202414August 202413September 202418October 202411November 20248December 202411January 202517February 202511March 202514April 202511May 202511June 202513July 202512August 202519September 202516October 202520November 20256December 202514January 202613February 202610March 202612April 202621May 202611June 202613July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.88
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,230 deaths vs 2,535 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.881.03December 20181.03January 20191.02February 20191.01March 20191.02April 20191.02May 20191.01June 20191.00July 20191.00August 20191.01September 20191.02October 20191.02November 20191.01December 20191.02January 20201.03February 20201.03March 20201.02April 20201.01May 20201.01June 20201.01July 20201.01August 20201.00September 20200.99October 20200.98November 20200.97December 20200.97January 20210.97February 20210.96March 20210.96April 20210.94May 20210.94June 20210.92July 20210.92August 20210.91September 20210.90October 20210.90November 20210.90December 20210.88January 20220.87February 20220.88March 20220.87April 20220.88May 20220.88June 20220.89July 20220.88August 20221.06September 20220.89October 20220.90November 20220.90December 20220.89January 20230.89February 20230.89March 20230.90April 20230.90May 20230.90June 20230.91July 20230.89August 20230.90September 20230.89October 20230.89November 20230.89December 20230.89January 20240.89February 20240.89March 20240.88April 20240.89May 20240.89June 20240.88July 20240.89August 20240.89September 20240.89October 20240.89November 20240.89December 20240.88January 20250.87February 20250.87March 20250.87April 20250.86May 20250.85June 20250.86July 20250.87August 20250.86September 20250.86October 20250.87November 20250.87December 20250.88January 20260.88February 20260.88March 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 Orthopaedic5,85761.3%13.6 wks40.6 wks9020
Other - Surgicals4,43263.8%11.2 wks43.1 wks177110
Gynaecology4,30467.2%11.5 wks39.9 wks9740
Gastroenterology4,11863.7%12.3 wks40.9 wks12440
Other - Medicals3,74572.7%8.3 wks36.8 wks9470
Cardiology3,73058.8%14.8 wks35.1 wks7660
Urology3,45758.7%13.6 wks43.8 wks142110
Ear Nose and Throat3,27466.7%11.8 wks38.7 wks6241
Dermatology2,99574.4%8.9 wks40.2 wks5600
General Surgery2,92141.6%21.9 wks50.3 wks173110
Ophthalmology2,74184.2%7.4 wks22.2 wks200
Oral Surgery1,97853.3%16.5 wks49.6 wks12800
Neurology1,79966.8%11.5 wks34.2 wks2550
Respiratory Medicine1,73175.0%10.1 wks34.3 wks1100
Other - Paediatrics1,70183.0%7.6 wks24.4 wks1500
Rheumatology1,41158.9%13.9 wks36.6 wks1610
Elderly Medicine16693.4%4.4 wks16.4 wks000
General Internal Medicine40100.0%3.7 wks10.9 wks000
Other - Others3886.8%7.0 wks33.0 wks200
Cardiothoracic Surgery50.0%44.5 wks54.6 wks100

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.