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.
In plain English
AI-generatedLancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust reported 3,267 patients on its waiting list in August 2026. The median wait for treatment was 6.3 weeks, with 85.9% of patients seen within 18 weeks of referral. No patients waited over 52 weeks, and 59.3% of staff would recommend the trust for treatment.
Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 9 October 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries
CQC-registered locations of this trust
Trust performance
Performance over time
Official monthly statistics · hover a month for the exact figure
Monthly data table
| Month | Waiting list | Under 18 weeks | A&E within 4 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 3,267 | 85.9% | — |
| Jul 2026 | 4,634 | 83.9% | — |
| Jun 2026 | 4,222 | 90.4% | — |
| May 2026 | 4,141 | 93.7% | — |
| Apr 2026 | 3,816 | 94.5% | — |
| Mar 2026 | 4,033 | 94.2% | — |
| Feb 2026 | 3,628 | 95.1% | — |
| Jan 2026 | 3,592 | 95.4% | — |
| Dec 2025 | 3,450 | 95.9% | — |
| Nov 2025 | 3,216 | 96.9% | — |
| Oct 2025 | 2,927 | 95.7% | — |
| Sept 2025 | 2,513 | 92.9% | — |
| Aug 2025 | 2,217 | 90.6% | — |
| Jul 2025 | 2,356 | 92.3% | — |
| Jun 2025 | 2,197 | 92.6% | — |
| May 2025 | 2,451 | 91.4% | — |
| Apr 2025 | 2,881 | 97.6% | — |
| Mar 2025 | 3,019 | 97.4% | — |
| Feb 2025 | 2,696 | 97.4% | — |
| Jan 2025 | 2,858 | 97.1% | — |
| Dec 2024 | 2,672 | 98.2% | — |
| Nov 2024 | 2,285 | 99.4% | — |
| Oct 2024 | 1,514 | 98.6% | — |
| Sept 2024 | 1,688 | 93.7% | — |
| Aug 2024 | 1,435 | 94.5% | — |
| Jul 2024 | 1,559 | 97.6% | — |
| Jun 2024 | 1,544 | 98.6% | — |
| May 2024 | 1,371 | 95.5% | — |
| Apr 2024 | 1,166 | 92.7% | — |
| Mar 2024 | 1,212 | 91.9% | — |
| Feb 2024 | 1,288 | 91.9% | — |
| Jan 2024 | 1,461 | 92.9% | — |
| Dec 2023 | 1,611 | 92.3% | — |
| Nov 2023 | 1,632 | 91.5% | — |
| Oct 2023 | 1,970 | 87.0% | — |
| Sept 2023 | 2,109 | 87.2% | — |
| Aug 2023 | 2,180 | 88.6% | — |
| Jul 2023 | 2,074 | 92.4% | — |
| Jun 2023 | 1,994 | 92.1% | — |
| May 2023 | 1,911 | 91.7% | — |
| Apr 2023 | 1,459 | 93.8% | — |
| Mar 2022 | 3,246 | 88.7% | — |
| Feb 2022 | 3,302 | 86.4% | — |
| Jan 2022 | 3,811 | 86.2% | — |
| Dec 2021 | 4,151 | 88.4% | — |
| Nov 2021 | 4,119 | 90.9% | — |
| Oct 2021 | 4,411 | 95.4% | — |
| Sept 2021 | 4,612 | 98.3% | — |
| Aug 2021 | 4,130 | 98.8% | — |
| Jul 2021 | 3,926 | 98.8% | — |
| Jun 2021 | 3,191 | 99.6% | — |
| May 2021 | 3,228 | 99.7% | — |
| Apr 2021 | 2,724 | 99.7% | — |
Sources: NHS England Referral to Treatment and A&E monthly statistics.
Cancer waiting times
Latest month: November 2025.
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.
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: August 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
| Test | Waiting list | 6+ weeks | 6+ weeks (count) | 13+ weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRI | 253 | 9.5% | 24 | 5 |
| Ultrasound | 59 | 6.8% | 4 | 0 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Data: August 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)
| Specialty | Waiting | Within 18 wks | Median wait | 9 in 10 wait under | 52+ wks | 65+ wks | 78+ wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 2,778 | 87.1% | 6.2 wks | 21.1 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatology | 489 | 79.1% | 7.9 wks | 21.8 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.