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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS 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
68.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
75.3% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
70.0% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
11.3% 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

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reported 30,295 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 75.3% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 85,724 patients on its waiting list, and 68.4% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 63.8% 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
68.4%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 60% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.6 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.8 wks vs yr agoBetter than 71% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
85,724
National median: 39,587
▼ 2,428 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,401
National median: 358.5
▼ 1,341 vs yr agoBetter than 12% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
75.3%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 3.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 55% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
30,295
National median: 14,642
▲ 184 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
581
National median: 194
▲ 446 vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
30,295
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
75.3%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
581
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,876
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
19,452
Seen within 4 hours
62.3%

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)30,29575.3%
Type 1 — major A&E19,45262.3%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E782100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC10,06198.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
83.6%
3,943 of 4,715 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
70.0%
340 of 485 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.2%
1,565 of 1,626 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%70.0%63.8%April 202558.8%May 202554.5%June 202564.2%July 202562.6%August 202563.8%September 202561.3%October 202567.2%November 202568.6%December 202564.9%January 202666.1%February 202671.2%March 202665.9%April 202668.2%May 202670.0%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%83.6%76.6%April 202571.8%May 202578.0%June 202575.5%July 202577.4%August 202577.8%September 202576.4%October 202573.2%November 202575.1%December 202575.3%January 202682.4%February 202683.7%March 202680.6%April 202683.7%May 202683.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
94%96%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.2%93.1%April 202592.6%May 202593.0%June 202594.7%July 202593.7%August 202593.5%September 202595.1%October 202595.1%November 202596.1%December 202594.9%January 202696.9%February 202696.2%March 202696.5%April 202695.0%May 202696.2%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
95.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
5,077
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
29.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
80.9%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
11.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,608
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
19.5%
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
63.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 6.6 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.72
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
57.4%
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
422
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
95
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
22.5%
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
96.1%
1,599 occupied of 1,664 open
Adult critical care occupancy
100.0%
62 occupied of 62 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
10.3%
of 27,342 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.7%
of 27,342 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
313
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
37%
of 3,464 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 221 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
37.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
221
Of 598 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.3/10
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)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.7/10
Worse than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.0/10
Worse than 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.

Leeds General Infirmary
E22.5/100
West Yorkshire and Harrogate
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance C

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS 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.

Leeds General InfirmaryBest-practice 29.9%738 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 447 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
39.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
447
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.5/10
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
9.2/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.3/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.2/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.3/10
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
6.6/10
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 332 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
27.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
332
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.1/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.4/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.2/10
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
8.0/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.3/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.9/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.5/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
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 1,480 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
1,480
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.0/10
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
87%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
82%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
86%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
74%
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
90%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
47%
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)
22.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.0
Patients
91
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.45
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
14.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 13.7
Patients
100
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
91.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.28
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
11.3%
of 19,622 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology77541.2%319143
Gastroscopy43632.1%14091
Urodynamics5123.5%123
Colonoscopy32520.0%6535
Cystoscopy21417.8%3829
Ultrasound7,13315.1%1,07549
MRI3,8878.0%31265
CT scan3,6796.8%2496
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy1070.9%11
Neurophysiology4360.2%10
DEXA Scan7130.1%10
Respiratory physiology6100.0%00
Cardiology1,2560.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
5%10%15%Apr 25Jan 2611.3%17.1%April 202517.8%May 202516.2%June 202517.1%July 202517.1%August 202510.4%September 20256.9%October 20256.0%November 20257.0%December 20257.5%January 20265.7%February 20266.8%March 202612.3%April 202612.0%May 202611.3%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 bacteraemia208
C. difficile242115
E. coli bacteraemia751179
MSSA bacteraemia24268
Klebsiella bacteraemia23585
Pseudomonas bacteraemia8337
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
30405060Dec 23Jan 25Jan 263148December 202342January 202445February 202440March 202448April 202452May 202449June 202456July 202442August 202457September 202455October 202449November 202439December 202448January 202535February 202545March 202551April 202537May 202539June 202555July 202542August 202545September 202542October 202543November 202549December 202548January 202635February 202637March 202630April 202648May 202642June 202631July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.13
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,925 deaths vs 3,470 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.051.101.15Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.131.08December 20181.07January 20191.07February 20191.08March 20191.07April 20191.08May 20191.10June 20191.10July 20191.10August 20191.10September 20191.10October 20191.10November 20191.08December 20191.08January 20201.08February 20201.06March 20201.07April 20201.06May 20201.05June 20201.04July 20201.03August 20201.04September 20201.04October 20201.05November 20201.06December 20201.06January 20211.07February 20211.09March 20211.10April 20211.10May 20211.10June 20211.11July 20211.12August 20211.13September 20211.13October 20211.13November 20211.13December 20211.12January 20221.12February 20221.11March 20221.11April 20221.11May 20221.12June 20221.12July 20221.12August 20221.12September 20221.13October 20221.13November 20221.13December 20221.13January 20231.13February 20231.13March 20231.13April 20231.12May 20231.12June 20231.11July 20231.10August 20231.12September 20231.12October 20231.11November 20231.11December 20231.11January 20241.12February 20241.13March 20241.12April 20241.12May 20241.12June 20241.12July 20241.12August 20241.12September 20241.12October 20241.13November 20241.14December 20241.14January 20251.14February 20251.13March 20251.12April 20251.13May 20251.13June 20251.12July 20251.11August 20251.12September 20251.12October 20251.12November 20251.12December 20251.11January 20261.12February 20261.13March 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 - Medicals14,13573.1%8.9 wks34.7 wks14700
Other - Paediatrics10,13263.0%13.9 wks41.0 wks312694
Gynaecology9,33761.7%13.2 wks39.5 wks7100
Other - Surgicals7,84062.3%12.4 wks37.3 wks2700
Trauma and Orthopaedic6,33056.1%15.3 wks47.0 wks3491051
Dermatology5,47565.8%11.0 wks38.3 wks3000
Ophthalmology4,84183.7%7.3 wks24.2 wks200
Urology4,10770.9%11.4 wks31.8 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat3,43755.0%15.3 wks50.8 wks252725
Cardiology3,16296.9%4.4 wks13.2 wks000
Neurology2,98872.2%11.1 wks26.9 wks000
Gastroenterology2,86474.5%8.6 wks34.6 wks000
Plastic Surgery2,38858.7%14.2 wks47.7 wks139346
Oral Surgery2,11971.6%10.4 wks30.8 wks2450
Rheumatology2,11763.7%13.7 wks34.0 wks000
General Surgery1,49879.4%8.5 wks27.1 wks000
Other - Others1,03088.1%6.5 wks23.4 wks1721
Respiratory Medicine76493.6%5.0 wks16.8 wks000
Neurosurgical56266.5%10.7 wks47.0 wks3070
Cardiothoracic Surgery50978.8%7.4 wks28.4 wks100
Elderly Medicine51100.0%3.8 wks9.8 wks000
General Internal Medicine3897.4%0.9 wks4.0 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.