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South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
76.9% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
76.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.3% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
21.6% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
Higher than expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust reported 19,421 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 76.6% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 59,924 patients on its waiting list, and 76.9% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 64.6% of staff in the 2025 survey said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 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
76.9%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 1.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 84% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
8.7 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.4 wks vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
59,924
National median: 39,587
▲ 1,902 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
0
National median: 358.5
▼ 18 vs yr agoBetter than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
76.6%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 3.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 63% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
19,421
National median: 14,642
▲ 755 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
0
National median: 194
▼ 1 vs yr agoBetter than 81% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
19,421
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
76.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
6,293
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,698
Seen within 4 hours
63.3%

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)19,42176.6%
Type 1 — major A&E11,69863.3%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,53498.2%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC6,18996.5%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.7%
1,424 of 1,742 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
72.3%
191 of 264 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
99.5%
425 of 427 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.3%76.6%April 202573.8%May 202568.6%June 202569.3%July 202577.0%August 202572.5%September 202574.0%October 202578.6%November 202579.4%December 202578.9%January 202677.2%February 202675.4%March 202677.0%April 202669.5%May 202672.3%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.7%73.3%April 202576.8%May 202578.7%June 202581.5%July 202579.3%August 202580.7%September 202582.2%October 202583.9%November 202582.4%December 202577.1%January 202681.4%February 202681.8%March 202677.2%April 202680.4%May 202681.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%99.5%97.3%April 202596.5%May 202599.5%June 202598.0%July 202597.7%August 202595.5%September 202598.0%October 202598.9%November 202599.1%December 202596.8%January 202697.7%February 202697.6%March 202699.2%April 202698.7%May 202699.5%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
98.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
0.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
900
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.2%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
79.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
13.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,773
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
16.4%
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
64.6%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 0.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.80
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
60.0%
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
142
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
14
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
9.9%
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
85.1%
924 occupied of 1,086 open
Adult critical care occupancy
36.4%
8 occupied of 22 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
18.8%
of 16,335 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
5.8%
of 16,335 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
178
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
39%
of 2,034 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
2
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 115 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
38.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
115
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.3/10
Better than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
9.1/10
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.

Sunderland Royal Hospital
D51.2/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

South Tyneside And Sunderland 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.

South Tyneside District HospitalBest-practice 59.7%232 cases
Sunderland Royal HospitalBest-practice 82.3%454 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 473 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
40.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
473
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
8.4/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
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
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.2/10
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
9.5/10
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
6.3/10
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 293 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
32.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
293
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.6/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.7/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.4/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.8/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.5/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.9/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.7/10
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 929 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
929
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
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
86%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
81%
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
83%
National average: 88%
Worse than the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
77%
National average: 74%
Better than 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
92%
National average: 89%
Better than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
53%
National average: 45%
Better 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
Patients
18
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Patients
27
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
88.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before

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
21.6%
of 14,468 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Respiratory physiology96647.8%462168
Cystoscopy74338.6%28770
Urodynamics13534.1%4613
CT scan1,19730.3%363106
Ultrasound5,82923.1%1,34836
MRI1,51122.2%33522
DEXA Scan61119.6%1200
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy818.6%72
Colonoscopy2807.9%223
Audiology1,4917.4%1100
Gastroscopy2395.9%141
Cardiology1,1471.6%180
Neurophysiology2380.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
15%20%Apr 25Jan 2621.6%14.4%April 202515.8%May 202513.4%June 202513.8%July 202515.8%August 202513.1%September 202513.4%October 202513.1%November 202519.8%December 202521.4%January 202615.5%February 202618.0%March 202620.7%April 202620.7%May 202621.6%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 bacteraemia52
C. difficile11257
E. coli bacteraemia478114
MSSA bacteraemia12042
Klebsiella bacteraemia16460
Pseudomonas bacteraemia4921
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
2030Dec 23Jan 25Jan 262123December 202325January 202422February 202435March 202427April 202420May 202420June 202430July 202422August 202420September 202428October 202422November 202424December 202430January 202524February 202521March 202535April 202525May 202522June 202519July 202521August 202521September 202520October 202526November 202521December 202536January 202625February 202630March 202622April 202626May 202627June 202621July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

Higher than expected
1.19
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,090 deaths vs 2,600 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.191.08December 20181.06January 20191.05February 20191.04March 20191.04April 20191.03May 20191.03June 20191.04July 20191.05August 20191.05September 20191.04October 20191.04November 20191.05December 20191.05January 20201.06February 20201.07March 20201.07April 20201.08May 20201.08June 20201.08July 20201.08August 20201.10September 20201.12October 20201.11November 20201.12December 20201.12January 20211.12February 20211.14March 20211.17April 20211.16May 20211.16June 20211.16July 20211.16August 20211.17September 20211.15October 20211.15November 20211.14December 20211.15January 20221.15February 20221.15March 20221.13April 20221.12May 20221.11June 20221.11July 20221.10August 20221.09September 20221.08October 20221.07November 20221.08December 20221.08January 20231.08February 20231.09March 20231.10April 20231.11May 20231.13June 20231.14July 20231.15August 20231.14September 20231.13October 20231.14November 20231.10December 20231.10January 20241.10February 20241.10March 20241.09April 20241.09May 20241.09June 20241.10July 20241.11August 20241.12September 20241.13October 20241.12November 20241.12December 20241.12January 20251.13February 20251.16March 20251.18April 20251.18May 20251.21June 20251.20July 20251.21August 20251.17September 20251.14October 20251.15November 20251.17December 20251.18January 20261.20February 20261.19March 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
Ophthalmology8,85281.1%8.7 wks23.9 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic8,46158.1%14.9 wks37.1 wks000
Urology6,31366.6%11.2 wks32.7 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat5,14383.2%7.9 wks23.1 wks000
Oral Surgery5,08368.2%11.5 wks31.7 wks000
General Surgery4,47783.3%6.8 wks23.8 wks000
Other - Others3,80293.7%3.2 wks16.8 wks000
Other - Paediatrics3,22376.9%9.8 wks23.7 wks000
Gynaecology3,19484.9%7.5 wks21.4 wks000
Respiratory Medicine2,73477.4%9.0 wks28.6 wks000
Cardiology2,31384.7%6.8 wks23.3 wks000
Other - Medicals1,65188.3%4.9 wks22.1 wks000
Neurology1,46385.9%8.4 wks21.9 wks000
Gastroenterology1,12396.1%3.6 wks13.2 wks000
Rheumatology1,05879.0%9.2 wks23.0 wks000
Elderly Medicine94380.9%6.6 wks25.9 wks000
Other - Surgicals9192.3%6.2 wks16.9 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.