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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Northampton, NN1 5BD · 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
61.3% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
70.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
63.7% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
46.9% 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

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust reported 14,088 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 70.6% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 39,598 patients on its waiting list, and 61.3% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 51.9% 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 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
61.3%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 1.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 17% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
14.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▲ 1.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 8% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
39,598
National median: 39,587
▼ 2,824 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
374
National median: 358.5
▼ 173 vs yr agoBetter than 48% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
70.6%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 11.8 pts vs yr agoBetter than 35% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
14,088
National median: 14,642
▲ 912 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
886
National median: 194
▲ 248 vs yr agoBetter than 10% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
14,088
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
70.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
886
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,856
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,493
Seen within 4 hours
64.1%

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)14,08870.6%
Type 1 — major A&E11,49364.1%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E72398.5%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC1,872100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
78.6%
1,519 of 1,933 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
63.7%
116 of 182 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
93.2%
441 of 473 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%63.7%68.2%April 202567.7%May 202563.5%June 202568.5%July 202565.5%August 202559.0%September 202557.2%October 202559.2%November 202563.0%December 202557.5%January 202658.2%February 202666.7%March 202662.4%April 202664.1%May 202663.7%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%78.6%82.6%April 202579.7%May 202583.7%June 202580.5%July 202571.8%August 202568.1%September 202567.7%October 202575.9%November 202575.5%December 202564.7%January 202673.4%February 202666.8%March 202661.3%April 202676.2%May 202678.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
85%90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%93.2%92.3%April 202592.0%May 202591.3%June 202595.7%July 202590.1%August 202584.9%September 202590.7%October 202594.1%November 202595.6%December 202589.6%January 202693.0%February 202695.4%March 202692.5%April 202695.7%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
94.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,466
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
38.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
77.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
15.5%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,887
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
15.4%
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
51.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 5.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.55
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
51.0%
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
88
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
0.0%
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
99.5%
637 occupied of 640 open
Adult critical care occupancy
68.8%
11 occupied of 16 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
32.2%
of 11,912 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
19.0%
of 11,912 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
160
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
13%
of 1,288 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

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 129 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
43.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
129
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
9.3/10
Better than most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.1/10
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)
9.0/10
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.

Northampton General Hospital
D41.2/100
East Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Northampton General Hospital 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.

Northampton General HospitalBest-practice 44.3%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 435 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
37.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
435
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.8/10
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
7.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.8/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.2/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.7/10
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 245 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
27.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
245
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.9/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.5/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.9/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.8/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.2/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.3/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
6.8/10
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
8.0/10
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 536 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
536
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
75%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
83%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
79%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
72%
National average: 78%
Worse than 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
73%
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
85%
National average: 89%
Worse than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
40%
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)
21.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.1
Patients
111
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.40
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 19.2
Patients
106
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.32
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
46.9%
of 19,040 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology5,18980.3%4,1673,290
Gastroscopy59769.3%414236
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy20567.8%13977
Audiology54363.4%34479
Colonoscopy68762.6%430227
Ultrasound5,01337.3%1,87130
MRI4,38134.1%1,49232
Cystoscopy1036.8%76
CT scan1,6563.9%647
DEXA Scan3030.3%10
Neurophysiology3050.3%10
Respiratory physiology580.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%40%Apr 25Jan 2646.9%14.3%April 202517.9%May 202521.0%June 202525.0%July 202535.0%August 202537.5%September 202540.2%October 202544.4%November 202549.1%December 202548.3%January 202643.9%February 202645.2%March 202648.8%April 202648.1%May 202646.9%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 bacteraemia31
C. difficile13355
E. coli bacteraemia26035
MSSA bacteraemia5718
Klebsiella bacteraemia11123
Pseudomonas bacteraemia246
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
5101520Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261013December 202317January 20248February 202414March 202416April 202415May 202413June 202410July 202414August 20248September 202413October 20249November 202416December 202419January 20255February 202511March 202517April 202512May 20256June 202515July 20256August 202516September 202512October 202515November 202514December 20259January 20266February 20269March 202611April 202616May 202614June 202610July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.11
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,900 deaths vs 1,715 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.111.00December 20180.99January 20191.00February 20190.99March 20190.98April 20190.98May 20190.97June 20190.96July 20190.97August 20190.97September 20190.97October 20190.98November 20191.01December 20191.02January 20201.00February 20201.00March 20201.00April 20201.00May 20201.01June 20201.01July 20201.01August 20201.01September 20201.02October 20201.03November 20201.00December 20200.99January 20210.98February 20210.98March 20210.98April 20210.96May 20210.96June 20210.96July 20210.94August 20210.94September 20210.91October 20210.91November 20210.91December 20210.92January 20220.91February 20220.92March 20220.92April 20220.91May 20220.90June 20220.90July 20220.91August 20220.91September 20220.92October 20220.91November 20220.91December 20220.89January 20230.89February 20230.88March 20230.86April 20230.86May 20230.86June 20230.86July 20230.85August 20230.86September 20230.86October 20230.87November 20230.92December 20230.92January 20240.93February 20240.94March 20240.95April 20240.94May 20240.95June 20240.95July 20240.95August 20240.94September 20240.94October 20240.93November 20240.93December 20240.94January 20250.94February 20250.94March 20250.94April 20250.95May 20250.94June 20250.96July 20250.98August 20251.00September 20251.03October 20251.06November 20251.10December 20251.07January 20261.09February 20261.11March 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 Throat5,03952.5%17.1 wks44.3 wks14710
Dermatology3,96150.6%17.7 wks47.4 wks10300
Gynaecology3,70945.0%20.0 wks42.3 wks1800
Cardiology3,47067.1%13.4 wks36.0 wks100
Ophthalmology3,45279.8%9.7 wks23.4 wks000
Gastroenterology2,96668.6%12.9 wks34.2 wks100
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,76058.5%14.9 wks38.2 wks3800
Other - Medicals2,69758.5%14.3 wks41.7 wks2800
General Surgery2,52468.6%12.0 wks34.7 wks600
Oral Surgery2,39446.4%19.7 wks41.5 wks2300
Respiratory Medicine1,58091.2%8.4 wks18.4 wks000
Neurology1,32147.8%18.9 wks36.6 wks100
Urology1,08983.8%8.3 wks29.7 wks000
Other - Surgicals58052.2%17.4 wks38.2 wks200
Rheumatology51466.9%14.3 wks25.5 wks000
Other - Paediatrics47178.3%9.1 wks30.4 wks500
General Internal Medicine44260.0%15.5 wks36.6 wks100
Other - Others35898.9%6.5 wks15.9 wks000
Plastic Surgery18655.9%16.2 wks39.1 wks000
Elderly Medicine70100.0%3.9 wks9.7 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery1586.7%5.3 wks18.4 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.