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North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Hartlepool, TS24 9AH · 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
71.5% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
81.4% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
59.0% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
2.2% 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

North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust reported that 81.4% of A&E patients were treated within four hours in July 2026. In June 2026, 71.5% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral, with a median wait of 10.5 weeks. Additionally, 64.1% of staff in the 2025 survey 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
71.5%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 2.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 74% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.5 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▲ 0.8 wks vs yr agoBetter than 71% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
23,080
National median: 39,587
▲ 2,210 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
230
National median: 358.5
▼ 25 vs yr agoBetter than 58% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
81.4%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 2.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
17,127
National median: 14,642
▲ 836 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
7
National median: 194
▲ 3 vs yr agoBetter than 75% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
17,127
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
81.4%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
7
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,657
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
5,306
Seen within 4 hours
41.2%

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)17,12781.4%
Type 1 — major A&E5,30641.2%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC11,82199.5%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
76.8%
1,402 of 1,826 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
59.0%
105 of 178 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
88.8%
199 of 224 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%59.0%66.8%April 202558.3%May 202556.3%June 202552.0%July 202551.6%August 202556.5%September 202561.0%October 202563.0%November 202561.9%December 202554.8%January 202652.9%February 202666.6%March 202658.3%April 202646.6%May 202659.0%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%76.8%78.8%April 202578.7%May 202575.8%June 202578.4%July 202579.1%August 202578.3%September 202582.0%October 202582.2%November 202583.2%December 202578.1%January 202674.2%February 202675.6%March 202667.3%April 202669.3%May 202676.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%88.8%96.6%April 202595.1%May 202597.3%June 202592.7%July 202589.3%August 202591.6%September 202594.2%October 202593.3%November 202597.2%December 202592.7%January 202696.6%February 202697.8%March 202694.7%April 202695.5%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
2.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
398
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
12.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
86.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
6.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
926
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
5.6%
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
64.1%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 1.6 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.74
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
58.8%
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
67
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
14
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
20.9%
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
86.2%
417 occupied of 484 open
Adult critical care occupancy
81.3%
13 occupied of 16 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
11.2%
of 8,432 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.6%
of 8,432 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
47
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
31%
of 472 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
1
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 125 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
42.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
125
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.6/10
Worse than most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.0/10
Worse than 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)
7.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.4/10
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.

University Hospitals of North Tees and Hartlepool
D52.5/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

North Tees And Hartlepool 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.

University Hospital of North TeesBest-practice 42.8%408 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 388 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
33.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
388
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
8.2/10
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
9.0/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
6.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
Worse than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
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
6.9/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.6/10
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 240 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
26.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
240
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.9/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.3/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.7/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.7/10
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
8.0/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.1/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.8/10
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 349 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
349
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.9/10
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
87%
National average: 84%
About the same as 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
94%
National average: 88%
Better than the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
76%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
64%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
92%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
42%
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)
21.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.6
Patients
149
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.43
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.9
Patients
173
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.34
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
2.2%
of 7,761 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology28113.5%381
DEXA Scan4198.8%3724
MRI1,6883.6%6011
Cardiology6813.1%210
Gastroscopy2760.7%20
Colonoscopy2220.5%10
Ultrasound3,4700.4%130
CT scan6290.0%00
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy720.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
2%4%Apr 25Jan 262.2%4.9%April 20253.7%May 20254.2%June 20253.4%July 20255.5%August 20253.9%September 20255.1%October 20254.5%November 20255.0%December 20254.5%January 20261.7%February 20262.7%March 20264.2%April 20264.1%May 20262.2%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 bacteraemia111
C. difficile11739
E. coli bacteraemia35067
MSSA bacteraemia13951
Klebsiella bacteraemia9523
Pseudomonas bacteraemia192
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
1020Dec 23Jan 25Jan 262017December 202321January 202416February 202419March 202416April 202417May 202415June 202419July 202413August 202419September 202426October 202411November 202412December 202414January 202510February 202515March 202515April 202512May 202515June 202519July 202515August 202522September 202516October 202514November 202519December 202514January 202610February 202614March 20267April 202616May 202616June 202620July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.01
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,825 deaths vs 1,810 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.950.981.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.011.00December 20180.99January 20190.98February 20190.97March 20190.96April 20190.97May 20190.96June 20190.96July 20190.98August 20190.99September 20190.98October 20190.98November 20190.98December 20190.97January 20200.98February 20200.97March 20200.98April 20200.98May 20200.99June 20200.99July 20201.00August 20201.00September 20200.99October 20201.01November 20201.00December 20201.00January 20210.99February 20211.00March 20211.00April 20211.00May 20210.99June 20210.99July 20210.98August 20210.96September 20210.96October 20210.95November 20210.94December 20210.94January 20220.95February 20220.96March 20220.98April 20220.98May 20220.99June 20220.99July 20220.98August 20220.98September 20220.97October 20220.98November 20220.97December 20220.97January 20230.96February 20230.96March 20230.95April 20230.94May 20230.94June 20230.95July 20230.95August 20230.95September 20230.96October 20230.98November 20230.98December 20230.97January 20240.97February 20240.98March 20240.97April 20240.97May 20240.96June 20240.96July 20240.95August 20240.96September 20240.97October 20240.96November 20240.95December 20240.95January 20250.95February 20250.95March 20250.95April 20250.96May 20250.97June 20250.96July 20250.98August 20250.99September 20250.96October 20250.96November 20250.99December 20251.00January 20261.00February 20261.01March 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
Trauma and Orthopaedic6,72485.9%7.9 wks22.8 wks1600
Gynaecology2,91553.9%16.7 wks40.9 wks7100
General Surgery2,68459.5%14.4 wks38.2 wks4900
Urology2,14568.5%11.2 wks38.3 wks4700
Other - Others1,92456.6%15.3 wks39.5 wks1200
Other - Paediatrics1,61957.4%15.8 wks33.5 wks000
Other - Surgicals1,42280.7%3.5 wks35.7 wks2400
Gastroenterology1,21878.7%9.8 wks23.2 wks300
Respiratory Medicine72868.3%11.2 wks35.2 wks800
Cardiology69384.6%6.5 wks22.4 wks000
Rheumatology55282.1%10.0 wks21.6 wks000
General Internal Medicine26297.3%4.2 wks15.0 wks000
Elderly Medicine19491.2%7.5 wks19.2 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.