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Homerton Healthcare 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
75.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
79.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Meets NHS standard
87.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
1.8% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
Lower than expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reported that 79.1% of A&E patients were seen within four hours in July 2026. In June 2026, 75.4% of patients were treated within 18 weeks of referral, with a median wait of 9.2 weeks. Additionally, 74% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated there in the 2025 survey.

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
75.4%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 10.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 82% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
9.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 2.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 82% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
26,863
National median: 39,587
▼ 9,256 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
164
National median: 358.5
▼ 177 vs yr agoBetter than 63% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
79.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 2.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 71% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
11,507
National median: 14,642
▲ 70 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
23
National median: 194
▲ 11 vs yr agoBetter than 71% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
11,507
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
79.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
23
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,176
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,507
Seen within 4 hours
79.1%

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)11,50779.1%
Type 1 — major A&E11,50779.1%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
86.2%
1,363 of 1,582 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
87.8%
69 of 78 treated in time
Target 85% · meets target
Treatment within 31 days
100.0%
75 of 75 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
80%85%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%87.8%85.7%April 202578.5%May 202585.1%June 202582.8%July 202587.8%August 202586.2%September 202588.6%October 202588.8%November 202587.1%December 202590.3%January 202685.0%February 202686.6%March 202686.1%April 202689.8%May 202687.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%86.2%81.3%April 202581.1%May 202583.5%June 202583.2%July 202581.0%August 202583.8%September 202585.7%October 202584.2%November 202581.9%December 202580.4%January 202684.3%February 202681.9%March 202682.4%April 202685.7%May 202686.2%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%100.0%100.0%April 202598.2%May 2025100.0%June 2025100.0%July 202598.3%August 2025100.0%September 2025100.0%October 2025100.0%November 202598.7%December 2025100.0%January 2026100.0%February 202698.5%March 2026100.0%April 2026100.0%May 2026100.0%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
85.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.5%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
835
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
26.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
76.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
16.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
478
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.2%
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
74.0%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 1.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.98
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
66.9%
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
171
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
3
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
85.7%
203 occupied of 237 open
Adult critical care occupancy
83.3%
10 occupied of 12 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
7.1%
of 6,623 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.3%
of 6,623 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
48%
of 519 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 127 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
31.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
127
Of 408 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.9/10
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)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.2/10
Worse than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.4/10
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.

Homerton University Hospital
D55.8/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Homerton Healthcare 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.

Homerton HospitalBest-practice 59.0%102 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 259 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
21.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
259
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.5/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.3/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than 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
8.5/10
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
7.3/10
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
7.0/10
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 177 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
14.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
177
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
8.1/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.7/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
9.1/10
National average: 8.3/10
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
9.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
Better than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
8.2/10
National average: 7.4/10
Better than the national average
Test results explained before you left
8.1/10
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
7.9/10
National average: 6.8/10
Better than the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
9.1/10
National average: 8.3/10
Better than 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 31 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
31
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
86%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
84%
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
100%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
73%
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
74%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
93%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
58%
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
20
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Patients
21
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
1.8%
of 8,526 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Colonoscopy38817.3%6713
Cystoscopy17911.7%216
Gastroscopy4359.4%412
Cardiology7312.7%2011
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy901.1%10
CT scan7030.7%50
Ultrasound3,9530.1%20
Respiratory physiology1180.0%00
DEXA Scan3170.0%00
MRI1,5470.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
2.5%5%7.5%10%Apr 25Jan 261.8%9.9%April 20257.2%May 20256.0%June 20258.6%July 20257.8%August 20254.9%September 20254.2%October 20253.5%November 20254.0%December 20253.8%January 20263.3%February 20262.4%March 20263.0%April 20262.2%May 20261.8%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. difficile2410
E. coli bacteraemia10521
MSSA bacteraemia347
Klebsiella bacteraemia297
Pseudomonas bacteraemia143
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
0510Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2685December 20233January 20246February 20247March 20247April 202412May 20242June 202412July 20245August 20248September 20241October 20245November 20245December 20246January 20257February 20256March 20254April 20258May 20257June 20251July 20252August 20252September 20253October 20255November 20256December 20254January 20263February 20265March 20267April 20261May 20262June 20268July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

Lower than expected
0.76
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 555 deaths vs 725 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.800.901.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.760.76December 20180.78January 20190.77February 20190.77March 20190.78April 20190.77May 20190.79June 20190.79July 20190.79August 20190.80September 20190.79October 20190.80November 20190.77December 20190.76January 20200.76February 20200.77March 20200.76April 20200.76May 20200.79June 20200.78July 20200.79August 20200.81September 20200.82October 20200.82November 20200.85December 20200.88January 20210.87February 20210.84March 20210.85April 20210.87May 20210.84June 20210.85July 20210.88August 20210.89September 20210.87October 20210.86November 20210.86December 20210.84January 20220.85February 20220.85March 20220.84April 20220.84May 20220.86June 20220.85July 20220.85August 20220.83September 20220.85October 20220.85November 20220.85December 20220.85January 20230.84February 20230.84March 20230.85April 20230.86May 20230.85June 20230.85July 20230.85August 20230.87September 20230.89October 20230.90November 20230.88December 20230.88January 20240.87February 20240.87March 20240.87April 20240.85May 20240.84June 20240.85July 20240.83August 20240.82September 20240.79October 20240.79November 20240.80December 20240.80January 20250.79February 20250.79March 20250.78April 20250.78May 20250.79June 20250.79July 20250.79August 20250.77September 20250.78October 20250.77November 20250.77December 20250.77January 20260.78February 20260.76March 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
Gynaecology4,32479.1%8.2 wks27.4 wks900
Other - Medicals2,88790.7%7.1 wks18.7 wks000
General Surgery2,71761.8%13.7 wks36.9 wks1700
Ear Nose and Throat2,66565.7%11.7 wks40.2 wks2800
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,53659.4%15.0 wks42.6 wks5110
Other - Paediatrics2,34687.1%7.8 wks21.0 wks400
Oral Surgery2,05769.1%11.3 wks31.8 wks2221
Urology1,85467.9%11.3 wks39.0 wks2910
Dermatology1,49580.7%8.1 wks23.7 wks000
Cardiology1,36470.3%13.2 wks27.6 wks100
Gastroenterology1,00193.9%6.0 wks16.8 wks000
Respiratory Medicine37797.6%4.6 wks14.5 wks000
Neurology30097.7%3.0 wks10.7 wks000
Other - Surgicals26798.9%1.4 wks7.8 wks000
Plastic Surgery25057.2%15.7 wks46.0 wks300
Elderly Medicine17193.6%4.8 wks15.8 wks000
Rheumatology16799.4%2.6 wks8.0 wks000
General Internal Medicine7970.9%11.1 wks33.7 wks000
Other - Others6100.0%1.3 wks10.5 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.