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Mid Cheshire Hospitals 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
69.6% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
65.9% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
75.1% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
12.0% 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

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 10,862 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 65.9% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 28,407 patients on its waiting list, and 69.6% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 65.5% 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 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
69.6%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 13.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 67% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 5.3 wks vs yr agoBetter than 76% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
28,407
National median: 39,587
▼ 10,806 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
266
National median: 358.5
▼ 1,768 vs yr agoBetter than 55% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
65.9%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 10.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 15% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
10,862
National median: 14,642
▲ 463 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
513
National median: 194
▲ 24 vs yr agoBetter than 26% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
10,862
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
65.9%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
513
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,255
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
7,393
Seen within 4 hours
50.3%

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)10,86265.9%
Type 1 — major A&E7,39350.3%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC3,46999.1%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
80.0%
1,674 of 2,093 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
75.1%
146 of 195 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
88.8%
142 of 160 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%75.1%73.8%April 202567.6%May 202568.4%June 202574.8%July 202569.4%August 202564.0%September 202554.6%October 202554.5%November 202571.2%December 202558.5%January 202660.1%February 202675.4%March 202671.8%April 202667.2%May 202675.1%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%80.0%74.7%April 202576.4%May 202574.6%June 202571.9%July 202567.3%August 202570.2%September 202575.3%October 202572.2%November 202577.5%December 202571.4%January 202680.3%February 202681.2%March 202678.4%April 202680.0%May 202680.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
70%80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%88.8%91.6%April 202588.7%May 202584.4%June 202585.6%July 202580.0%August 202583.0%September 202572.4%October 202583.3%November 202585.4%December 202580.4%January 202689.9%February 202687.1%March 202686.6%April 202692.2%May 202688.8%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
94.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
883
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
24.0%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
79.7%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
14.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
952
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
14.6%
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
65.5%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.96
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
62.5%
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
127
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
15
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
11.8%
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
93.8%
472 occupied of 503 open
Adult critical care occupancy
90.9%
10 occupied of 11 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
23.5%
of 7,862 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
4.8%
of 7,862 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
110
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
47%
of 1,447 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 140 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
47.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
140
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.4/10
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)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.6/10
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.

Leighton Hospital
E22.6/100
North Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Mid Cheshire Hospitals 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.

Leighton HospitalBest-practice 37.2%406 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 470 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
40.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
470
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.7/10
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
8.9/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.0/10
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
9.4/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.4/10
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 249 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
26.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
249
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.8/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.7/10
National average: 2.6/10
Better than the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.0/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.7/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.6/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.8/10
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
8.6/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.9/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.7/10
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 129 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
129
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
80%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
79%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
84%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
74%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
80%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
78%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
70%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
88%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
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)
23.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.5
Patients
68
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.5%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.46
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 15.0
Patients
144
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
89.6%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.30
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
12.0%
of 8,794 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology91643.2%396134
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy23834.5%823
Gastroscopy43534.0%1486
Cystoscopy27032.6%8819
Colonoscopy45430.2%13726
Cardiology6429.7%6226
CT scan7963.4%270
DEXA Scan3382.7%90
MRI1,9342.4%460
Ultrasound2,6801.7%462
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
5%10%15%20%Apr 25Jan 2612.0%10.8%April 202519.0%May 202519.6%June 202519.5%July 202520.4%August 202515.2%September 202511.7%October 20258.5%November 20259.6%December 20258.6%January 20265.7%February 20268.3%March 202610.6%April 202611.6%May 202612.0%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 bacteraemia31
C. difficile4921
E. coli bacteraemia23532
MSSA bacteraemia8627
Klebsiella bacteraemia8614
Pseudomonas bacteraemia110
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26118December 20237January 20247February 202416March 202411April 202411May 20249June 202410July 20246August 202411September 202410October 20247November 202412December 202410January 202516February 202510March 20258April 202515May 20256June 20258July 20258August 20257September 20257October 20255November 20253December 20257January 202610February 20267March 202612April 202612May 20266June 202611July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.06
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,610 deaths vs 1,520 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.061.04December 20181.04January 20191.04February 20191.01March 20191.01April 20191.01May 20191.02June 20191.01July 20191.01August 20191.01September 20191.02October 20191.01November 20191.00December 20191.00January 20200.99February 20200.99March 20201.01April 20201.00May 20200.99June 20200.98July 20200.96August 20200.95September 20200.95October 20200.95November 20200.95December 20200.95January 20210.93February 20210.94March 20210.94April 20210.94May 20210.95June 20210.96July 20210.97August 20210.97September 20210.96October 20210.96November 20210.95December 20210.96January 20220.96February 20220.95March 20220.94April 20220.95May 20220.94June 20220.95July 20220.94August 20220.94September 20220.95October 20220.95November 20220.97December 20220.98January 20230.98February 20230.97March 20230.96April 20230.97May 20230.98June 20230.98July 20230.97August 20230.96September 20230.96October 20230.96November 20230.94December 20230.92January 20240.91February 20240.91March 20240.91April 20240.90May 20240.90June 20240.91July 20240.91August 20240.92September 20240.92October 20240.92November 20240.93December 20240.94January 20250.94February 20250.94March 20250.94April 20250.95May 20250.96June 20250.98July 20251.03August 20251.08September 20251.11October 20251.01November 20251.03December 20251.03January 20261.04February 20261.06March 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
Ear Nose and Throat4,66162.6%13.7 wks33.7 wks1300
Dermatology3,44178.9%8.0 wks30.7 wks100
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,09959.6%14.7 wks38.7 wks3300
Other - Surgicals3,00269.6%9.5 wks39.9 wks5110
Ophthalmology2,54382.4%7.5 wks28.0 wks310
Gynaecology2,29261.6%13.6 wks42.3 wks7900
Gastroenterology1,61142.2%21.7 wks44.9 wks4200
Urology1,58182.8%8.5 wks27.5 wks300
Cardiology1,39082.1%8.3 wks23.1 wks100
General Surgery1,20751.0%17.4 wks46.2 wks3200
Other - Medicals1,19890.7%6.2 wks19.0 wks100
Other - Others1,11599.0%3.8 wks11.0 wks000
Rheumatology1,00553.7%15.8 wks41.3 wks600
Respiratory Medicine23984.5%6.1 wks31.9 wks100
Elderly Medicine2295.5%8.5 wks17.2 wks000
General Internal Medicine10.0%34.5 wks34.9 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.