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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth, PO6 3LY · 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
61.1% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
73.2% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
71.6% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
50.9% 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

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust reported 16,852 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 73.2% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 57,546 patients on its waiting list, and 61.1% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 51.8% 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 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
61.1%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 4.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 16% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
57,546
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,483 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
2,070
National median: 358.5
▼ 266 vs yr agoBetter than 5% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
73.2%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 1.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 45% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
16,852
National median: 14,642
▲ 1,819 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
1,191
National median: 194
▲ 212 vs yr agoBetter than 4% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
16,852
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
73.2%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
1,191
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
5,850
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,634
Seen within 4 hours
61.5%

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)16,85273.2%
Type 1 — major A&E11,63461.5%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,21798.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC4,00199.6%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
76.6%
2,236 of 2,918 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
71.6%
313 of 437 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
95.5%
906 of 949 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%71.6%74.2%April 202574.3%May 202571.0%June 202572.1%July 202566.7%August 202569.0%September 202571.0%October 202572.1%November 202572.8%December 202568.0%January 202665.2%February 202672.4%March 202669.6%April 202672.4%May 202671.6%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%76.6%77.3%April 202576.6%May 202577.3%June 202575.2%July 202574.8%August 202571.4%September 202569.1%October 202568.1%November 202568.5%December 202557.9%January 202672.3%February 202672.0%March 202672.4%April 202676.5%May 202676.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
92%94%96%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%95.5%94.9%April 202594.6%May 202592.7%June 202593.8%July 202596.2%August 202592.3%September 202595.7%October 202596.1%November 202597.2%December 202592.2%January 202696.2%February 202696.2%March 202694.7%April 202696.5%May 202695.5%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
91.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
5.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,124
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
14.8%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
79.9%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
13.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,153
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.8%
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
51.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 1.3 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.55
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
49.0%
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
64
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
23
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
35.9%
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
97.0%
1,029 occupied of 1,061 open
Adult critical care occupancy
78.9%
15 occupied of 19 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
6.7%
of 18,635 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
2.3%
of 18,635 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
264
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
31%
of 2,684 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
8
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 147 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
39.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
147
Of 375 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.6/10
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)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.0/10
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.

Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth
D56.2/100
Wessex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionB
MDT assessmentD
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)

Portsmouth Hospitals University 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.

Queen Alexandra HospitalBest-practice 78.0%729 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 491 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
42.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
491
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.9/10
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
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
6.9/10
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
6.8/10
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 299 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
33.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
299
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.4/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.7/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.4/10
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
8.1/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.6/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.4/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.7/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.6/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.3/10
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 840 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
840
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
75%
National average: 78%
Worse than 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
78%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
76%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
87%
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
59%
National average: 65%
Worse than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
86%
National average: 89%
Worse than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
40%
National average: 45%
Worse than 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)
22.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.2
Patients
104
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.1%
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)
17.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.8
Patients
118
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
93.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.29
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
50.9%
of 19,929 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Neurophysiology1,82484.9%1,5481,379
Colonoscopy1,59179.7%1,2681,118
Audiology4,98078.3%3,8972,678
Gastroscopy67070.9%475367
Respiratory physiology75269.4%522227
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy26165.5%171124
MRI2,85648.0%1,370851
DEXA Scan63933.8%2166
Cystoscopy10629.2%319
Cardiology1,48226.3%3907
CT scan1,00212.5%1251
Ultrasound3,6083.7%1352
Barium Enema1581.3%20
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
40%45%50%Apr 25Jan 2650.9%42.5%April 202539.4%May 202547.8%June 202549.3%July 202552.0%August 202547.1%September 202544.1%October 202546.1%November 202547.9%December 202545.7%January 202641.6%February 202642.6%March 202649.4%April 202649.1%May 202650.9%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 bacteraemia116
C. difficile16178
E. coli bacteraemia47094
MSSA bacteraemia12436
Klebsiella bacteraemia12233
Pseudomonas bacteraemia5816
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
152025Jun 24Jan 25Jan 262716June 202421July 202422August 202419September 202424October 202417November 202423December 202417January 202523February 202518March 202518April 202522May 202512June 202517July 202518August 202527September 202519October 202518November 202523December 202524January 202621February 202627March 202618April 202624May 202617June 202627July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.98
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,135 deaths vs 3,185 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.981.01December 20181.01January 20191.02February 20191.02March 20191.02April 20191.03May 20191.04June 20191.03July 20191.04August 20191.04September 20191.04October 20191.05November 20191.06December 20191.05January 20201.05February 20201.05March 20201.04April 20201.03May 20201.02June 20201.03July 20201.02August 20201.01September 20201.00October 20200.98November 20200.97December 20200.97January 20210.96February 20210.96March 20210.96April 20210.96May 20210.95June 20210.94July 20210.93August 20210.94September 20210.94October 20210.97November 20210.97December 20210.96January 20220.97February 20220.97March 20220.98April 20220.98May 20220.98June 20220.97July 20220.97August 20220.98September 20220.98October 20220.96November 20220.96December 20220.94January 20230.94February 20230.96March 20230.95April 20230.94May 20230.94June 20230.93July 20230.93August 20230.93September 20230.91October 20230.91November 20230.93December 20230.94January 20240.93February 20240.89March 20240.88April 20240.88May 20240.88June 20240.87July 20240.87August 20240.88September 20240.89October 20240.90November 20240.89December 20240.89January 20250.91February 20250.93March 20250.95April 20250.95May 20250.96June 20250.95July 20250.95August 20250.94September 20250.96October 20250.97November 20250.99December 20250.99January 20261.00February 20260.98March 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 Throat7,04954.7%15.7 wks50.6 wks498290
Ophthalmology6,75058.7%14.4 wks41.9 wks13910
General Surgery5,86768.7%9.6 wks42.1 wks17530
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,20748.7%18.6 wks45.1 wks15000
Gynaecology5,00056.2%15.2 wks43.8 wks14710
Oral Surgery4,30343.3%20.8 wks53.3 wks404514
Gastroenterology4,13869.7%11.0 wks42.1 wks14110
Dermatology3,98865.7%11.0 wks37.6 wks4810
Other - Others3,61249.4%18.4 wks51.2 wks25890
Cardiology3,16572.2%10.1 wks35.4 wks510
Other - Medicals3,11875.5%9.9 wks29.5 wks1100
Urology2,41273.2%11.1 wks39.2 wks6100
Other - Paediatrics85795.7%5.6 wks15.1 wks000
Respiratory Medicine58796.1%6.7 wks15.7 wks000
Rheumatology49698.4%4.7 wks13.9 wks000
Other - Surgicals47243.2%21.6 wks41.2 wks1600
Plastic Surgery46761.9%11.6 wks45.7 wks1700
Elderly Medicine5886.2%4.4 wks21.4 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.