Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, CB2 0AY · Compare with another trust
At a glance
Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.
In plain English
AI-generatedRoyal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reported that 5,670 patients were on its waiting list in June 2026. The median wait for treatment was eight weeks, with 80.3% of patients seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 32 patients waited over 52 weeks, while 90.8% of staff would recommend the hospital 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
Performance over time
Official monthly statistics · hover a month for the exact figure
Monthly data table
| Month | Waiting list | Under 18 weeks | A&E within 4 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 5,670 | 80.3% | — |
| May 2026 | 5,403 | 80.3% | — |
| Apr 2026 | 5,271 | 78.2% | — |
| Mar 2026 | 5,283 | 78.8% | — |
| Feb 2026 | 5,471 | 75.7% | — |
| Jan 2026 | 5,335 | 75.5% | — |
| Dec 2025 | 5,523 | 74.3% | — |
| Nov 2025 | 5,702 | 74.3% | — |
| Oct 2025 | 5,893 | 73.8% | — |
| Sept 2025 | 6,080 | 72.1% | — |
| Aug 2025 | 6,141 | 68.8% | — |
| Jul 2025 | 6,369 | 67.6% | — |
| Jun 2025 | 6,648 | 67.6% | — |
| May 2025 | 6,796 | 65.4% | — |
| Apr 2025 | 7,141 | 64.5% | — |
| Mar 2025 | 7,403 | 63.0% | — |
| Feb 2025 | 7,263 | 61.8% | — |
| Jan 2025 | 7,506 | 63.7% | — |
| Dec 2024 | 7,352 | 63.3% | — |
| Nov 2024 | 7,461 | 64.5% | — |
| Oct 2024 | 7,411 | 65.5% | — |
| Sept 2024 | 7,315 | 65.2% | — |
| Aug 2024 | 7,276 | 65.5% | — |
| Jul 2024 | 7,277 | 65.8% | — |
| Jun 2024 | 7,048 | 66.8% | — |
| May 2024 | 7,023 | 67.7% | — |
| Apr 2024 | 6,932 | 68.3% | — |
| Mar 2024 | 6,910 | 67.0% | — |
| Feb 2024 | 6,750 | 67.7% | — |
| Jan 2024 | 6,643 | 68.1% | — |
| Dec 2023 | 6,482 | 67.5% | — |
| Nov 2023 | 6,345 | 68.8% | — |
| Oct 2023 | 6,335 | 70.3% | — |
| Sept 2023 | 6,341 | 70.5% | — |
| Aug 2023 | 6,180 | 71.2% | — |
| Jul 2023 | 6,251 | 72.0% | — |
| Jun 2023 | 6,167 | 71.7% | — |
| May 2023 | 6,152 | 71.8% | — |
| Apr 2023 | 5,982 | 71.0% | — |
| Mar 2022 | 4,318 | 79.6% | — |
| Feb 2022 | 4,128 | 81.3% | — |
| Jan 2022 | 4,172 | 84.3% | — |
| Dec 2021 | 4,110 | 85.4% | — |
| Nov 2021 | 3,914 | 86.5% | — |
| Oct 2021 | 3,776 | 86.0% | — |
| Sept 2021 | 3,683 | 86.1% | — |
| Aug 2021 | 3,595 | 87.0% | — |
| Jul 2021 | 3,429 | 86.3% | — |
| Jun 2021 | 3,434 | 86.5% | — |
| May 2021 | 3,422 | 83.5% | — |
| Apr 2021 | 3,340 | 80.0% | — |
Sources: NHS England Referral to Treatment and A&E monthly statistics.
Cancer waiting times
Latest month: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. 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 792 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.
Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. 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 33 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.
Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data
Diagnostic test waits
Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
| Test | Waiting list | 6+ weeks | 6+ weeks (count) | 13+ weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 1,385 | 76.8% | 1,063 | 879 |
| MRI | 994 | 75.4% | 749 | 564 |
| Respiratory physiology | 2,909 | 49.4% | 1,438 | 831 |
| CT scan | 652 | 19.2% | 125 | 5 |
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.
| Infection | Cases (12 mo) | Hospital-onset |
|---|---|---|
| MRSA bacteraemia | 1 | 0 |
| C. difficile | 16 | 12 |
| E. coli bacteraemia | 11 | 7 |
| MSSA bacteraemia | 17 | 12 |
| Klebsiella bacteraemia | 8 | 6 |
| Pseudomonas bacteraemia | 6 | 3 |
Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)
| Specialty | Waiting | Within 18 wks | Median wait | 9 in 10 wait under | 52+ wks | 65+ wks | 78+ wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Medicine | 2,938 | 95.5% | 6.0 wks | 15.5 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiology | 2,190 | 60.0% | 13.8 wks | 39.9 wks | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | 542 | 80.3% | 8.5 wks | 27.2 wks | 4 | 2 | 0 |
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.