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Isle Of Wight NHS Trust

Newport, PO30 5TG · 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
64.2% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
78.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
66.3% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
26.9% 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

Isle Of Wight NHS Trust reported 6,714 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 78.1% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 11.8 weeks, and 64.2% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. The total number of patients on the waiting list was 12,768.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 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
64.2%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 0.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
11.8 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 48% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
12,768
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,180 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
98
National median: 358.5
▲ 39 vs yr agoBetter than 69% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
78.1%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 6.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 68% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
6,714
National median: 14,642
▲ 35 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
121
National median: 194
▲ 38 vs yr agoBetter than 60% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
6,714
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
78.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
121
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,586
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
4,578
Seen within 4 hours
68.5%

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)6,71478.1%
Type 1 — major A&E4,57868.5%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E235100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC1,90198.4%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
80.0%
511 of 639 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
66.3%
54 of 82 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
99.1%
110 of 111 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%66.3%65.6%April 202576.8%May 202572.7%June 202571.7%July 202569.2%August 202575.4%September 202565.6%October 202571.5%November 202569.1%December 202567.9%January 202660.8%February 202672.4%March 202679.4%April 202672.2%May 202666.3%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%80.0%83.6%April 202581.1%May 202582.8%June 202582.5%July 202585.0%August 202581.9%September 202580.6%October 202580.6%November 202580.1%December 202577.7%January 202686.1%February 202682.0%March 202679.4%April 202681.7%May 202680.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%99.1%94.9%April 202595.6%May 202597.6%June 202595.7%July 202596.2%August 202597.4%September 202592.0%October 202594.2%November 202588.6%December 202592.1%January 202698.9%February 202697.8%March 202696.7%April 202697.9%May 202699.1%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
91.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
166
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
23.1%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
96.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
113
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
2.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. 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
57
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
2
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
3.5%
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
100.0%
262 occupied of 262 open
Adult critical care occupancy
66.7%
4 occupied of 6 open
Medically fit but not discharged
84
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
29%
of 834 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
3
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 59 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
44.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
59
Of 133 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.0/10
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)
7.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.1/10
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.

St Mary's Hospital Newport
D44.3/100
Wessex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment CAudit compliance D

This team's case ascertainment and/or audit compliance band is D or E — its SSNAP grade above rests on less-complete data than a team with a higher band, not necessarily worse care.

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (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 576 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
48.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
576
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.2/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.2/10
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
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
7.0/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.2/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.6/10
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 308 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
33.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
308
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.7/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.5/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.8/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.7/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.2/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.1/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.0/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.9/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.1/10
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 192 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
192
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
70%
National average: 78%
Worse than the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
77%
National average: 84%
Worse than 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
60%
National average: 78%
Worse than the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
78%
National average: 88%
Worse than 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
56%
National average: 65%
Worse than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
86%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
41%
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)
18.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 19.0
Patients
58
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
87.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.42
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.4
Patients
62
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
95.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.31
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
26.9%
of 4,512 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Gastroscopy47261.0%288156
Colonoscopy28957.1%16561
Cardiology98946.5%460149
DEXA Scan22245.0%1009
Neurophysiology19134.6%6612
Urodynamics5523.6%132
CT scan6439.5%611
Ultrasound9754.0%390
Respiratory physiology1110.9%10
MRI4750.6%30
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
25%30%35%40%Apr 25Jan 2626.9%40.0%April 202538.9%May 202538.0%June 202534.1%July 202531.7%August 202530.6%September 202527.2%October 202526.8%November 202538.5%December 202538.0%January 202629.5%February 202629.4%March 202629.9%April 202626.4%May 202626.9%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 bacteraemia21
C. difficile8341
E. coli bacteraemia16420
MSSA bacteraemia5915
Klebsiella bacteraemia428
Pseudomonas bacteraemia284
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26149December 202311January 20242February 202416March 20247April 202410May 20249June 202412July 20245August 20248September 202412October 20248November 202410December 202411January 20258February 20258March 20258April 20258May 20255June 202510July 20256August 20259September 20259October 20254November 202512December 20256January 202610February 20263March 20264April 20266May 20266June 202614July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.90
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 870 deaths vs 970 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.900.99December 20180.99January 20191.00February 20191.03March 20191.03April 20191.04May 20191.02June 20191.01July 20191.02August 20191.03September 20191.05October 20191.06November 20191.05December 20191.05January 20201.03February 20200.99March 20200.97April 20200.97May 20200.99June 20201.00July 20201.00August 20200.98September 20200.98October 20200.98November 20200.98December 20200.98January 20211.00February 20211.03March 20211.03April 20211.01May 20211.01June 20210.99July 20210.98August 20210.99September 20210.99October 20210.97November 20210.95December 20210.95January 20220.96February 20220.93March 20220.92April 20220.92May 20220.94June 20220.94July 20220.93August 20220.94September 20220.92October 20220.91November 20220.90December 20220.90January 20230.91February 20230.95March 20230.96April 20230.96May 20230.93June 20230.95July 20230.94August 20230.92September 20230.95October 20230.96November 20230.95December 20230.96January 20240.96February 20240.94March 20240.93April 20240.93May 20240.94June 20240.93July 20240.93August 20240.95September 20240.95October 20240.96November 20240.99December 20241.00January 20251.00February 20251.01March 20250.99April 20250.98May 20250.95June 20250.94July 20250.94August 20250.91September 20250.91October 20250.89November 20250.89December 20250.89January 20260.89February 20260.90March 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
Ophthalmology2,30958.8%14.3 wks35.4 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,21448.9%18.9 wks46.9 wks8600
Other - Surgicals1,11372.0%8.6 wks32.7 wks100
Ear Nose and Throat1,00161.4%13.0 wks36.6 wks000
Other - Medicals92786.9%7.3 wks21.6 wks000
Cardiology90046.9%19.4 wks41.0 wks000
Gastroenterology86272.7%10.1 wks31.2 wks000
Gynaecology80582.4%8.1 wks24.7 wks000
General Surgery69152.2%17.2 wks44.1 wks200
Rheumatology64978.9%7.5 wks29.5 wks000
Oral Surgery54349.0%18.8 wks46.9 wks900
Urology40997.6%5.2 wks13.6 wks000
Respiratory Medicine28479.9%9.3 wks22.9 wks000
Other - Others4295.2%6.8 wks15.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine11100.0%1.5 wks9.1 wks000
Other - Mental Healths683.3%14.0 wks21.5 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1100.0%2.5 wks2.9 wks000
General Internal Medicine1100.0%0.5 wks0.9 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.