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Lancashire & South Cumbria 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
90.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
No data
No data · About this data
Cancer
No data
No data · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
5.3% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust reports that 4,222 patients were on its waiting list in June 2026. The median wait for treatment was 6.9 weeks, with 90.4% of patients seen within 18 weeks of referral. No patients waited over 52 weeks. In 2025, 59.3% of staff said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 19 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
90.4%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 2.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 92% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
6.9 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▲ 4.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 92% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
4,222
National median: 39,587
▲ 2,025 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
0
National median: 358.5
Better than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: November 2025.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
100.0%
9 of 9 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target

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

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
59.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 3.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.80
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
59.1%
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

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
5.3%
of 189 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
MRI1252.4%32
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 265.3%17.0%April 202516.8%May 202531.8%June 202520.0%July 202521.9%August 20256.2%September 202511.0%October 202522.9%November 202521.0%December 20256.1%January 202624.1%February 20262.8%March 202614.4%April 202612.6%May 20265.3%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). 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 Orthopaedic3,79090.6%6.9 wks18.5 wks000
Rheumatology43288.4%7.3 wks19.0 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.