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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL · 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
64.8% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
71.2% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
70.3% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
11.2% 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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 18,382 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 71.2% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 32,750 patients on its waiting list, and 64.8% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 66.8% of staff said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there, according to the 2025 NHS Staff 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
64.8%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 0.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
12.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
32,750
National median: 39,587
▼ 2,690 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
399
National median: 358.5
▲ 4 vs yr agoBetter than 46% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
71.2%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 1.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 38% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
18,382
National median: 14,642
▲ 864 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
217
National median: 194
▲ 122 vs yr agoBetter than 46% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
18,382
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
71.2%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
217
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,168
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
12,125
Seen within 4 hours
61.9%

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)18,38271.2%
Type 1 — major A&E12,12561.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC6,25789.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.8%
1,514 of 1,850 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
70.3%
113 of 160 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
95.4%
146 of 153 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%70.3%64.7%April 202563.3%May 202565.9%June 202566.7%July 202572.2%August 202563.1%September 202565.3%October 202575.7%November 202563.6%December 202568.6%January 202665.9%February 202669.5%March 202661.2%April 202661.1%May 202670.3%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.8%77.6%April 202576.4%May 202582.4%June 202583.0%July 202582.4%August 202580.7%September 202582.2%October 202579.4%November 202581.7%December 202579.4%January 202686.6%February 202684.0%March 202678.6%April 202681.6%May 202681.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
85%90%95%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%95.4%87.3%April 202594.4%May 202591.4%June 202588.9%July 202584.7%August 202588.4%September 202591.7%October 202593.6%November 202595.9%December 202594.5%January 202694.6%February 202698.4%March 202691.0%April 202699.2%May 202695.4%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
96.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,767
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
38.1%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
74.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
17.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
975
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.1%
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
66.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 6.3 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.72
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
59.4%
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
19
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
21.6%
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
99.4%
662 occupied of 666 open
Adult critical care occupancy
66.7%
8 occupied of 12 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
29.1%
of 13,977 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
7.9%
of 13,977 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
89
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
46%
of 1,154 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 102 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
34.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
102
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.3/10
About the same as 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)
8.2/10
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.

Kings Mill Hospital
E37.1/100
East Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance C

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals 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.

Kings Mill HospitalBest-practice 38.3%627 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 457 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
38.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
457
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.3/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.3/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.1/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.8/10
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
9.5/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.6/10
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 241 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
26.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
241
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.1/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.1/10
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
7.0/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.1/10
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
5.6/10
National average: 6.8/10
Worse than 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 246 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
246
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
74%
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
80%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
72%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
84%
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
66%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
91%
National average: 89%
About the same as 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)
23.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 24.1
Patients
71
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.46
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): 16.7
Patients
62
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
88.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.36
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
11.2%
of 11,941 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Ultrasound5,07016.5%8373
DEXA Scan72115.3%1100
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy9215.2%141
Gastroscopy49413.8%687
Cystoscopy13213.6%180
Colonoscopy30511.1%342
CT scan94310.5%991
Urodynamics649.4%60
Audiology7046.8%480
MRI2,3503.2%761
Respiratory physiology3373.0%100
Cardiology7292.5%180
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%15%Apr 25Jan 2611.2%11.1%April 202512.9%May 202511.8%June 202512.1%July 202512.4%August 202510.2%September 20259.6%October 202510.2%November 20258.0%December 20256.5%January 20266.4%February 202612.6%March 202617.7%April 202612.5%May 202611.2%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 bacteraemia91
C. difficile15167
E. coli bacteraemia34032
MSSA bacteraemia12224
Klebsiella bacteraemia9116
Pseudomonas bacteraemia409
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
1015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261613December 202310January 202411February 202412March 202415April 20248May 202415June 20249July 202413August 20247September 202417October 202416November 20247December 202410January 20257February 202510March 202516April 202514May 202512June 202514July 202513August 202514September 202514October 20258November 202511December 202513January 202613February 20268March 20269April 202616May 202614June 202616July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.07
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,215 deaths vs 2,075 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.951.001.051.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.070.96December 20180.96January 20190.95February 20190.95March 20190.96April 20190.94May 20190.94June 20190.94July 20190.94August 20190.95September 20190.96October 20190.96November 20190.97December 20190.96January 20200.97February 20200.97March 20200.96April 20200.97May 20200.97June 20200.98July 20200.98August 20200.98September 20200.96October 20200.97November 20200.96December 20200.98January 20210.98February 20210.98March 20210.98April 20210.97May 20210.97June 20210.97July 20210.98August 20210.97September 20210.99October 20210.97November 20210.97December 20210.98January 20220.98February 20220.99March 20221.00April 20221.02May 20221.01June 20221.02July 20221.03August 20221.03September 20221.03October 20221.04November 20221.05December 20221.06January 20231.06February 20231.08March 20231.09April 20231.06May 20231.08June 20231.07July 20231.07August 20231.08September 20231.09October 20231.09November 20231.09December 20231.08January 20241.07February 20241.06March 20241.06April 20241.06May 20241.06June 20241.06July 20241.06August 20241.06September 20241.06October 20241.07November 20241.06December 20241.05January 20251.06February 20251.06March 20251.07April 20251.07May 20251.07June 20251.06July 20251.05August 20251.04September 20251.04October 20251.04November 20251.04December 20251.04January 20261.07February 20261.07March 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
General Surgery4,33256.4%15.0 wks40.1 wks4600
Ear Nose and Throat3,40367.1%12.2 wks36.8 wks3300
Gynaecology3,30063.3%12.7 wks45.3 wks13100
Ophthalmology3,12061.1%14.6 wks36.7 wks500
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,00561.3%13.8 wks38.9 wks2500
Gastroenterology2,93066.2%11.5 wks38.3 wks4400
Other - Medicals2,40455.8%15.7 wks41.0 wks3500
Urology2,01970.7%10.1 wks35.9 wks1100
Cardiology1,96063.7%13.4 wks36.7 wks1700
Dermatology1,94474.3%8.2 wks33.1 wks100
Respiratory Medicine1,57090.6%8.3 wks18.7 wks000
Oral Surgery1,35047.7%18.6 wks46.9 wks5100
Other - Paediatrics93086.0%9.2 wks20.5 wks000
Rheumatology16998.8%3.3 wks10.1 wks000
Plastic Surgery11554.8%13.9 wks46.3 wks000
Other - Surgicals10462.5%14.8 wks29.7 wks000
Elderly Medicine95100.0%4.0 wks10.1 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.