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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

London, SW17 0QT · 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
79.2% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
79.5% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
15.5% 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

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 13,445 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 79.2% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 69,326 patients on its waiting list, and 64.8% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 66.2% of employees 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
64.8%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
11.9 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.4 wks vs yr agoBetter than 44% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
69,326
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,721 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
570
National median: 358.5
▼ 1,141 vs yr agoBetter than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
79.2%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 1.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 72% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
13,445
National median: 14,642
▲ 602 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
341
National median: 194
▼ 102 vs yr agoBetter than 38% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
13,445
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
79.2%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
341
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,456
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
9,282
Seen within 4 hours
71.7%

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)13,44579.2%
Type 1 — major A&E9,28271.7%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC4,16396.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
84.8%
1,906 of 2,248 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
79.5%
144 of 181 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
97.2%
410 of 422 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%79.5%78.9%April 202576.8%May 202577.4%June 202577.0%July 202570.3%August 202571.5%September 202568.3%October 202569.5%November 202573.9%December 202570.8%January 202672.3%February 202677.2%March 202673.8%April 202672.6%May 202679.5%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%84.8%82.1%April 202580.0%May 202575.3%June 202570.4%July 202563.9%August 202565.1%September 202571.7%October 202574.0%November 202583.5%December 202579.0%January 202684.4%February 202681.5%March 202678.4%April 202681.8%May 202684.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%97.2%96.7%April 202596.2%May 202596.2%June 202596.3%July 202596.1%August 202596.0%September 202592.4%October 202587.9%November 202592.1%December 202588.5%January 202693.0%February 202696.7%March 202697.1%April 202697.4%May 202697.2%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
98.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
0.7%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,490
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
31.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
75.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
16.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,138
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.2%
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
66.2%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 3.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.81
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
59.5%
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
45
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
8
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
17.8%
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
94.5%
701 occupied of 742 open
Adult critical care occupancy
94.3%
50 occupied of 53 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
33.8%
of 12,497 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
2.5%
of 12,497 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
97
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
14%
of 791 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
6
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 112 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
37.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
112
Of 302 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.9/10
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)
6.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.5/10
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.

St George's Hospital HASU
D41.6/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B
St George's Hospital SU
D49.5/100
London
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentB
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance D

This team's case ascertainment and/or audit compliance band is D or E — its SSNAP grade above rests on less-complete data than a team with a higher band, not necessarily worse care.

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

St George's University 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.

St George's HospitalBest-practice 57.7%209 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 471 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
39.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
471
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.5/10
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
9.3/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.3/10
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
6.6/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
7.0/10
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 252 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
27.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
252
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.2/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.5/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.8/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.0/10
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
7.7/10
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
6.6/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.5/10
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 649 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
649
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
79%
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
84%
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
82%
National average: 88%
Worse than 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
93%
National average: 89%
Better than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
49%
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

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
15.5%
of 16,255 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Respiratory physiology65830.1%19810
Ultrasound8,22124.0%1,97227
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy10318.4%192
Colonoscopy29815.8%4724
Gastroscopy49512.9%6422
Urodynamics5211.5%60
Cardiology1,6277.1%1169
Cystoscopy1006.0%62
Neurophysiology3094.5%145
MRI2,8252.7%762
CT scan1,2040.1%10
DEXA Scan3580.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
5%10%15%Apr 25Jan 2615.5%6.8%April 20256.6%May 20255.4%June 20254.3%July 202510.6%August 20259.6%September 20256.8%October 20253.7%November 20254.3%December 20254.3%January 20264.3%February 20266.0%March 20265.6%April 202613.3%May 202615.5%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 bacteraemia71
C. difficile7736
E. coli bacteraemia28765
MSSA bacteraemia9325
Klebsiella bacteraemia11644
Pseudomonas bacteraemia3820
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
102030Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261921December 202317January 202417February 202416March 202420April 202419May 202420June 202435July 202418August 202417September 202421October 202423November 202423December 202423January 202520February 202510March 202527April 202520May 202520June 202518July 202517August 202514September 202518October 202520November 202515December 202513January 202614February 202617March 202613April 202618May 202613June 202619July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.95
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,685 deaths vs 1,770 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.800.901.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.950.84December 20180.83January 20190.81February 20190.82March 20190.82April 20190.81May 20190.83June 20190.82July 20190.83August 20190.85September 20190.85October 20190.85November 20190.86December 20190.88January 20200.89February 20200.89March 20200.88April 20200.88May 20200.87June 20200.87July 20200.85August 20200.86September 20200.85October 20200.86November 20200.84December 20200.83January 20210.83February 20210.83March 20210.82April 20210.85May 20210.86June 20210.88July 20210.89August 20210.89September 20210.90October 20210.90November 20210.91December 20210.91January 20220.91February 20220.91March 20220.93April 20220.92May 20220.92June 20220.92July 20220.92August 20220.93September 20220.92October 20220.93November 20220.94December 20220.94January 20230.94February 20230.95March 20230.94April 20230.95May 20230.95June 20230.94July 20230.94August 20230.94September 20230.96October 20230.96November 20230.95December 20230.94January 20240.93February 20240.91March 20240.92April 20240.91May 20240.90June 20240.90July 20240.90August 20240.89September 20240.87October 20240.86November 20240.86December 20240.87January 20250.86February 20250.86March 20250.85April 20250.86May 20250.86June 20250.87July 20250.88August 20250.89September 20250.89October 20250.91November 20250.91December 20250.92January 20260.94February 20260.95March 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 - Medicals10,69970.7%10.6 wks33.9 wks2611
Cardiology5,85062.9%13.2 wks40.7 wks10810
Other - Surgicals5,67762.1%13.0 wks41.9 wks10610
Ear Nose and Throat5,11461.7%13.5 wks35.2 wks810
Dermatology5,08866.4%11.2 wks40.0 wks3410
Neurology4,43264.0%12.6 wks35.6 wks310
Gynaecology4,20653.6%16.5 wks43.4 wks8860
Neurosurgical3,99657.2%14.4 wks40.5 wks1700
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,98666.2%12.1 wks34.3 wks700
Other - Paediatrics3,38172.4%10.5 wks31.8 wks700
Respiratory Medicine3,25362.6%12.8 wks36.1 wks820
Urology2,88067.0%11.2 wks38.2 wks400
Gastroenterology2,54673.0%9.2 wks32.7 wks710
Other - Others1,96964.9%11.7 wks36.9 wks300
Oral Surgery1,58761.6%14.0 wks45.1 wks85190
Plastic Surgery1,50067.1%10.9 wks35.5 wks700
Rheumatology1,43674.2%8.9 wks33.0 wks1400
General Surgery1,15245.9%20.3 wks45.4 wks3500
Cardiothoracic Surgery31098.1%5.3 wks14.6 wks000
General Internal Medicine12286.1%4.0 wks29.2 wks300
Ophthalmology9150.5%17.8 wks44.7 wks000
Elderly Medicine51100.0%2.2 wks11.5 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.