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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury, SP2 8BJ · 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
72.5% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
66.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
68.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
13.8% 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

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust reported 7,783 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 66.6% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 29,719 patients on its waiting list, and 72.5% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey data from 2025 showed that 61.4% would recommend the trust to friends or family.

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
72.5%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 5.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 76% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.7 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.3 wks vs yr agoBetter than 67% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
29,719
National median: 39,587
▲ 598 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
84
National median: 358.5
▼ 140 vs yr agoBetter than 70% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
66.6%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 7.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 17% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
7,783
National median: 14,642
▲ 751 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
136
National median: 194
▲ 113 vs yr agoBetter than 59% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
7,783
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
66.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
136
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,247
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
5,257
Seen within 4 hours
50.6%

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)7,78366.6%
Type 1 — major A&E5,25750.6%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E333100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC2,193100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
79.0%
1,066 of 1,349 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
68.8%
113 of 164 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.1%
174 of 181 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%68.8%62.0%April 202567.8%May 202573.3%June 202568.2%July 202562.5%August 202555.7%September 202564.6%October 202565.7%November 202558.8%December 202555.8%January 202660.9%February 202661.3%March 202661.8%April 202674.0%May 202668.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
72.5%75%77.5%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%79.0%74.7%April 202576.4%May 202577.9%June 202577.6%July 202575.1%August 202574.7%September 202575.9%October 202577.2%November 202574.1%December 202572.4%January 202677.3%February 202679.8%March 202679.4%April 202678.5%May 202679.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
85%90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.1%92.7%April 202597.4%May 202593.1%June 202587.3%July 202587.6%August 202582.4%September 202590.0%October 202590.8%November 202590.4%December 202586.6%January 202686.7%February 202686.5%March 202687.6%April 202696.6%May 202696.1%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
96.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
461
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
15.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
77.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
15.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
481
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
19.0%
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
61.4%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 3.2 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.87
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
59.9%
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
52
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
6
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
11.5%
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
97.8%
407 occupied of 416 open
Adult critical care occupancy
80.0%
8 occupied of 10 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
20.2%
of 5,343 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
3.5%
of 5,343 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
51
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
48%
of 680 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
4
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 130 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
45.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
130
Of 288 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
9.0/10
Better than most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.3/10
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)
7.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
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.

Salisbury District Hospital
E26.1/100
West of England
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Salisbury 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.

Salisbury District HospitalBest-practice 79.5%335 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 621 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
51.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
621
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.6/10
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
7.1/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as 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
7.0/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.8/10
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 451 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
37.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
451
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.8/10
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
4.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.5/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.5/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
8.0/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
8.1/10
National average: 7.5/10
Better than the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.6/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.6/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.6/10
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 283 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
283
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
83%
National average: 78%
Better than the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
84%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
85%
National average: 80%
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
78%
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
77%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
75%
National average: 65%
Better than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
90%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
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): 22.3
Patients
91
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.42
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 17.6
Patients
98
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
95.9%
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
13.8%
of 6,269 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics6758.2%3921
Audiology80040.1%32178
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy8528.2%246
Colonoscopy39228.1%11012
Gastroscopy22815.8%363
MRI79215.3%12142
CT scan91212.7%11640
Cystoscopy619.8%60
Cardiology3836.3%243
Ultrasound1,9703.3%650
DEXA Scan2870.7%20
Neurophysiology2920.7%20
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
15%20%Apr 25Jan 2613.8%19.9%April 202520.1%May 202516.6%June 202514.9%July 202515.3%August 202511.6%September 202512.5%October 202511.5%November 202516.8%December 202515.1%January 202611.2%February 202611.8%March 202615.3%April 202613.0%May 202613.8%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 bacteraemia30
C. difficile6520
E. coli bacteraemia11410
MSSA bacteraemia385
Klebsiella bacteraemia313
Pseudomonas bacteraemia2110
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
0510Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2625December 20233January 20247February 20244March 20246April 20246May 202410June 20245July 20244August 20241September 20244October 20243November 20247December 20245January 20256February 20257March 20259April 20257May 20255June 20259July 20255August 20255September 20255October 20250November 20254December 20255January 20264February 20265March 20265April 20265May 20263June 20262July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.94
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,030 deaths vs 1,100 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.941.00December 20181.01January 20191.02February 20191.01March 20191.01April 20191.01May 20191.02June 20191.06July 20191.04August 20191.03September 20191.04October 20191.05November 20191.03December 20191.01January 20201.01February 20201.01March 20201.01April 20201.01May 20201.00June 20200.98July 20201.00August 20201.00September 20201.00October 20201.00November 20201.03December 20201.03January 20211.01February 20211.03March 20211.03April 20211.05May 20211.06June 20211.06July 20211.06August 20211.07September 20211.07October 20211.07November 20211.07December 20211.08January 20221.09February 20221.11March 20221.10April 20221.10May 20221.10June 20221.11July 20221.11August 20221.11September 20221.11October 20221.12November 20221.12December 20221.13January 20231.14February 20231.14March 20231.15April 20231.17May 20231.13June 20231.13July 20231.13August 20231.13September 20231.12October 20231.12November 20231.00December 20230.98January 20240.97February 20240.96March 20240.96April 20240.94May 20240.97June 20240.97July 20240.96August 20240.96September 20240.95October 20240.94November 20240.94December 20240.93January 20250.93February 20250.93March 20250.91April 20250.93May 20250.92June 20250.92July 20250.91August 20250.91September 20250.92October 20250.92November 20250.91December 20250.93January 20260.92February 20260.94March 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
Other - Medicals3,40577.5%9.8 wks28.9 wks300
Ear Nose and Throat2,93260.2%14.3 wks39.6 wks400
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,71068.2%12.0 wks35.4 wks300
Gynaecology2,68570.2%10.8 wks36.2 wks500
Urology2,51381.2%8.6 wks29.9 wks600
Plastic Surgery2,03375.8%9.5 wks33.2 wks910
Ophthalmology1,97386.7%9.0 wks22.1 wks000
Cardiology1,86664.1%13.3 wks37.9 wks2210
Oral Surgery1,82766.7%13.3 wks32.2 wks000
Other - Surgicals1,56380.2%8.9 wks27.8 wks100
Gastroenterology1,51776.3%9.6 wks31.8 wks400
General Surgery1,22469.3%11.0 wks34.6 wks100
Respiratory Medicine97268.6%10.8 wks41.3 wks900
Other - Others92693.0%7.5 wks17.0 wks000
Rheumatology65668.0%11.0 wks30.8 wks300
Dermatology37829.4%42.0 wks50.7 wks1400
Elderly Medicine27768.2%12.4 wks31.9 wks000
Other - Paediatrics16848.8%18.4 wks38.2 wks000
Other - Mental Healths8384.3%5.5 wks31.4 wks000
General Internal Medicine1190.9%6.5 wks25.1 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.