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Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kettering, NN16 8UZ · 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
65.6% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
79.8% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
61.1% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
41.7% 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

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reported 20,170 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 79.8% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, 65.6% of patients were treated within 18 weeks of referral, while 27,712 people remained on the waiting list.

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
65.6%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 0.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 47% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
12.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
Better than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
27,712
National median: 39,587
▲ 2,757 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
72
National median: 358.5
▼ 174 vs yr agoBetter than 72% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
79.8%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 0.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 74% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
20,170
National median: 14,642
▲ 1,725 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
712
National median: 194
▼ 73 vs yr agoBetter than 17% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
20,170
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
79.8%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
712
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,187
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,234
Seen within 4 hours
63.9%

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)20,17079.8%
Type 1 — major A&E11,23463.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC8,93699.8%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
76.8%
1,152 of 1,500 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
61.1%
86 of 140 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
93.3%
166 of 178 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%61.1%71.2%April 202570.4%May 202569.2%June 202567.3%July 202573.9%August 202568.1%September 202563.4%October 202570.6%November 202559.1%December 202554.5%January 202662.5%February 202669.3%March 202665.8%April 202661.6%May 202661.1%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%76.8%81.9%April 202581.9%May 202581.3%June 202573.5%July 202575.6%August 202571.9%September 202570.5%October 202562.1%November 202562.9%December 202548.9%January 202669.0%February 202674.0%March 202675.4%April 202681.9%May 202676.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%93.3%88.5%April 202587.4%May 202590.1%June 202592.6%July 202596.9%August 202596.1%September 202596.3%October 202594.9%November 202593.2%December 202586.5%January 202693.5%February 202695.2%March 202693.8%April 202693.6%May 202693.3%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
94.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,880
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
29.3%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
78.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
714
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.7%
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
48.6%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 2.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.44
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
47.5%
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
145
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
27
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
18.6%
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
97.2%
489 occupied of 503 open
Adult critical care occupancy
81.8%
9 occupied of 11 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
25.6%
of 11,369 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
7.2%
of 11,369 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
63
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
50%
of 873 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 116 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
39.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
116
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.4/10
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)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Kettering General Hospital 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.

Kettering General HospitalBest-practice 55.7%346 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 476 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
41.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
476
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
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.8/10
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
6.7/10
National average: 7.2/10
Worse than 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
6.5/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.4/10
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 339 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
28.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
339
Of 1,250 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
2.2/10
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
8.2/10
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
7.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.6/10
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
6.8/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.4/10
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 170 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
170
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.9/10
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
78%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
79%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
75%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
81%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
76%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
63%
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
40%
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)
21.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.2
Patients
31
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.6
Patients
54
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.36
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
41.7%
of 13,003 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology1,40372.2%1,013622
Neurophysiology17868.0%12168
DEXA Scan8962.9%568
MRI3,43948.8%1,679310
Ultrasound5,22840.4%2,113690
Cardiology89025.1%22341
Gastroscopy17219.2%331
Colonoscopy16818.5%313
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy13314.3%190
CT scan1,1199.9%11134
Cystoscopy1283.9%51
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%30%40%Apr 25Jan 2641.7%23.1%April 202522.5%May 202524.1%June 202527.6%July 202532.1%August 202532.6%September 202535.4%October 202538.7%November 202543.6%December 202542.8%January 202638.2%February 202643.8%March 202645.2%April 202644.3%May 202641.7%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 bacteraemia30
C. difficile7526
E. coli bacteraemia29735
MSSA bacteraemia6313
Klebsiella bacteraemia8321
Pseudomonas bacteraemia323
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2679December 202313January 202411February 202412March 202414April 20248May 202412June 202410July 202411August 202411September 20245October 202412November 202411December 20244January 20253February 202512March 202512April 20255May 20254June 20256July 20258August 202511September 202510October 202510November 202510December 20254January 20265February 20267March 202610April 20266May 202610June 20267July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.02
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,675 deaths vs 1,635 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.021.07December 20181.08January 20191.09February 20191.07March 20191.06April 20191.05May 20191.03June 20191.00July 20191.00August 20191.01September 20191.01October 20191.00November 20191.01December 20191.00January 20201.00February 20201.01March 20201.03April 20201.03May 20201.05June 20201.08July 20201.08August 20201.09September 20201.09October 20201.10November 20201.08December 20201.09January 20211.11February 20211.13March 20211.09April 20211.11May 20211.13June 20211.13July 20211.13August 20211.10September 20211.14October 20211.15November 20211.17December 20211.16January 20221.16February 20221.12March 20221.12April 20221.10May 20221.11June 20221.09July 20221.09August 20221.09September 20221.09October 20221.08November 20221.08December 20221.09January 20231.08February 20231.07March 20231.06April 20231.08May 20231.07June 20231.07July 20231.07August 20231.07September 20231.07October 20231.06November 20231.03December 20231.03January 20241.06February 20241.05March 20241.04April 20241.01May 20241.01June 20241.00July 20241.00August 20241.00September 20240.99October 20240.98November 20240.99December 20240.96January 20250.96February 20250.96March 20250.96April 20250.97May 20250.97June 20250.97July 20250.97August 20250.97September 20250.98October 20250.99November 20251.00December 20251.01January 20261.02February 20261.02March 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
Other - Medicals3,84259.2%14.3 wks37.0 wks1500
Gynaecology2,88563.7%13.2 wks34.8 wks900
Ophthalmology2,53077.8%10.0 wks28.9 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat2,42554.2%16.9 wks36.3 wks700
Oral Surgery2,15046.3%19.3 wks44.9 wks1600
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,89065.6%11.8 wks38.3 wks100
General Surgery1,76264.7%11.6 wks38.2 wks100
Cardiology1,64787.6%6.6 wks21.5 wks000
Urology1,57568.3%11.0 wks35.8 wks000
Other - Surgicals1,27761.2%10.3 wks43.5 wks200
Dermatology1,26883.2%7.6 wks22.2 wks000
Rheumatology1,09968.2%11.6 wks35.0 wks100
Neurology1,08358.1%14.7 wks38.7 wks700
Gastroenterology79164.2%9.1 wks45.7 wks1300
Respiratory Medicine77978.4%7.8 wks26.9 wks000
Other - Paediatrics30582.6%7.6 wks25.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine26471.6%9.5 wks32.3 wks000
Plastic Surgery8763.2%13.2 wks35.0 wks000
Other - Others3894.7%6.0 wks12.0 wks000
General Internal Medicine15100.0%4.8 wks8.8 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.