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Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD · 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
61.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
67.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
55.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
23.9% 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

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust recorded 13,905 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 67.1% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, 36,198 patients were on the waiting list, and 61% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 65.9% of employees would recommend the trust to friends or relatives.

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
61.0%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 10.3 pts vs yr agoBetter than 14% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
14.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 3.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 9% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
36,198
National median: 39,587
▲ 2,685 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
977
National median: 358.5
▼ 701 vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
67.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 10.8 pts vs yr agoBetter than 20% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
13,905
National median: 14,642
▲ 132 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
0
National median: 194
Better than 81% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
13,905
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
67.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,098
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
8,887
Seen within 4 hours
49.2%

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)13,90567.1%
Type 1 — major A&E8,88749.2%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC5,01898.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
78.7%
1,467 of 1,863 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
55.8%
85 of 152 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
93.2%
220 of 236 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
50%60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%55.8%68.6%April 202564.0%May 202569.1%June 202568.3%July 202569.3%August 202565.5%September 202553.3%October 202558.0%November 202569.4%December 202555.3%January 202663.3%February 202662.6%March 202665.7%April 202657.1%May 202655.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%78.7%76.0%April 202571.1%May 202577.1%June 202577.2%July 202576.8%August 202570.9%September 202577.3%October 202569.3%November 202576.9%December 202570.7%January 202679.0%February 202677.5%March 202676.3%April 202678.9%May 202678.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%93.2%93.1%April 202593.0%May 202592.3%June 202596.2%July 202595.7%August 202596.3%September 202594.4%October 202595.7%November 202595.6%December 202589.0%January 202697.4%February 202696.7%March 202694.9%April 202698.4%May 202693.2%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
94.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,679
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
29.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
76.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,017
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
10.7%
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
65.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 2.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.02
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
67.4%
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
73
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
13
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
17.8%
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
87.4%
457 occupied of 523 open
Adult critical care occupancy
10.0%
1 occupied of 10 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
14.5%
of 8,415 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.1%
of 8,415 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
99
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
42%
of 1,199 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 131 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
44.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
131
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.6/10
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)
5.8/10
Worse than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.3/10
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.

Milton Keynes General Hospital
D56.2/100
East of England (South)
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Milton Keynes University 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.

Milton Keynes General HospitalBest-practice 37.6%301 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 429 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
36.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
429
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.0/10
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
7.4/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.9/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.5/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.9/10
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 361 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
30.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
361
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.2/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.8/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.3/10
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
7.4/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.5/10
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
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.5/10
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 355 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
355
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
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
78%
National average: 84%
Worse than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
81%
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
85%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
73%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
60%
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
44%
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)
22.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.1
Patients
76
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
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)
17.3
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 18.0
Patients
86
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.35
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
23.9%
of 7,035 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics10691.5%9775
Cystoscopy15278.3%11995
Audiology1,11077.3%858606
Cardiology56626.1%1483
CT scan1,35017.6%23818
Respiratory physiology38916.2%636
Ultrasound2,1646.1%13325
MRI6853.2%225
Gastroscopy1722.3%41
Colonoscopy2790.7%20
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy620.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%25%30%Apr 25Jan 2623.9%33.0%April 202532.6%May 202526.1%June 202524.6%July 202525.1%August 202522.4%September 202523.8%October 202521.1%November 202524.8%December 202523.9%January 202617.6%February 202618.9%March 202623.2%April 202627.0%May 202623.9%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 bacteraemia156
C. difficile7920
E. coli bacteraemia23645
MSSA bacteraemia6315
Klebsiella bacteraemia7721
Pseudomonas bacteraemia2112
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26118December 20239January 202411February 20247March 20247April 20249May 202412June 20249July 20245August 20249September 202411October 20248November 20246December 20246January 20256February 202512March 20254April 202510May 20256June 202510July 20259August 202511September 202513October 202513November 202510December 20256January 202616February 20269March 20266April 20268May 20267June 202611July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.14
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,460 deaths vs 1,280 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.140.99December 20181.01January 20191.00February 20191.02March 20191.04April 20191.04May 20191.06June 20191.08July 20191.09August 20191.09September 20191.12October 20191.13November 20191.16December 20191.17January 20201.19February 20201.17March 20201.16April 20201.18May 20201.17June 20201.17July 20201.17August 20201.16September 20201.15October 20201.16November 20201.14December 20201.13January 20211.10February 20211.10March 20211.12April 20211.12May 20211.12June 20211.14July 20211.14August 20211.14September 20211.12October 20211.08November 20211.07December 20211.08January 20221.10February 20221.08March 20221.08April 20221.07May 20221.04June 20221.03July 20221.02August 20221.04September 20221.07October 20221.07November 20221.06December 20221.04January 20231.06February 20231.07March 20231.04April 20231.04May 20231.03June 20231.02July 20231.02August 20230.99September 20230.95October 20230.92November 20230.91December 20231.06January 20241.09February 20241.10March 20241.12April 20241.11May 20241.11June 20241.11July 20241.10August 20241.11September 20241.12October 20241.00November 20241.00December 20240.99January 20251.12February 20251.13March 20251.12April 20251.13May 20251.14June 20251.13July 20251.13August 20251.13September 20251.15October 20251.12November 20251.13December 20251.13January 20261.15February 20261.14March 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 Throat4,60253.2%16.9 wks39.8 wks12740
Ophthalmology4,13154.7%16.5 wks45.3 wks18130
Gynaecology3,98151.8%17.4 wks43.5 wks142102
Other - Medicals3,39665.8%12.4 wks45.4 wks14840
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,00150.2%17.9 wks46.5 wks11790
Urology2,47168.6%12.0 wks38.9 wks4400
Other - Surgicals2,39363.2%12.2 wks41.0 wks6831
General Surgery2,09445.7%19.8 wks45.3 wks6320
Cardiology1,92381.1%10.0 wks26.7 wks100
Oral Surgery1,42263.0%14.2 wks37.2 wks1400
Rheumatology1,39745.5%20.0 wks47.8 wks4710
Gastroenterology1,37693.5%8.1 wks17.5 wks000
Respiratory Medicine1,20892.3%8.2 wks17.9 wks000
Neurology96767.1%14.0 wks25.9 wks000
Other - Paediatrics92646.3%21.2 wks45.9 wks2500
Dermatology76796.6%3.8 wks14.4 wks000
Other - Others8357.8%10.8 wks38.8 wks000
General Internal Medicine4697.8%0.9 wks10.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine13100.0%5.8 wks14.5 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery1100.0%4.5 wks4.9 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.