Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton, BN2 3EW · 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-generatedSussex Community NHS Foundation Trust reported 13,385 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 96.9% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 15.3 weeks, and 56.8% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 79.3% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated at the trust in 2025.
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
- Arundel and District HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- CrawleyCQC: Not yet rated
- Crowborough War Memorial HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- Horsham HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- Lewes Victoria HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- Midhurst Community HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- Salvington LodgeCQC: Not yet rated
- Uckfield Community HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
- Zachary Merton Community HospitalCQC: Not yet rated
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | — | — | 96.9% |
| Jun 2026 | 13,214 | 56.8% | 96.9% |
| May 2026 | 12,717 | 53.2% | 97.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 12,734 | 52.5% | 97.2% |
| Mar 2026 | 13,174 | 55.5% | 98.0% |
| Feb 2026 | 13,002 | 54.4% | 99.3% |
| Jan 2026 | 14,410 | 63.2% | 98.9% |
| Dec 2025 | 13,993 | 68.3% | 98.1% |
| Nov 2025 | 13,799 | 71.5% | 98.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 14,148 | 72.5% | 98.5% |
| Sept 2025 | 14,237 | 73.7% | 98.9% |
| Aug 2025 | 14,087 | 72.9% | 98.6% |
| Jul 2025 | 13,961 | 73.2% | 99.0% |
| Jun 2025 | 13,327 | 75.0% | 98.9% |
| May 2025 | 12,005 | 74.4% | 98.6% |
| Apr 2025 | 11,730 | 72.8% | 98.9% |
| Mar 2025 | 11,328 | 72.8% | 99.0% |
| Feb 2025 | 10,553 | 73.1% | 99.0% |
| Jan 2025 | 10,520 | 73.7% | 99.2% |
| Dec 2024 | 10,790 | 75.3% | 98.8% |
| Nov 2024 | 5,239 | 65.1% | 99.3% |
| Oct 2024 | 5,413 | 65.1% | 99.3% |
| Sept 2024 | 5,664 | 67.8% | 99.6% |
| Aug 2024 | 5,665 | 66.9% | 98.9% |
| Jul 2024 | 5,346 | 64.8% | 98.8% |
| Jun 2024 | 5,667 | 67.8% | 99.3% |
| May 2024 | 5,547 | 67.1% | 98.2% |
| Apr 2024 | 5,546 | 65.2% | 96.8% |
| Mar 2024 | 5,270 | 66.3% | 97.0% |
| Feb 2024 | 5,217 | 71.5% | 98.9% |
| Jan 2024 | 6,509 | 73.2% | 98.8% |
| Dec 2023 | 6,576 | 74.4% | 98.4% |
| Nov 2023 | 6,311 | 77.4% | 98.5% |
| Oct 2023 | 6,231 | 78.6% | 98.7% |
| Sept 2023 | 6,510 | 79.4% | 98.3% |
| Aug 2023 | 6,427 | 80.6% | 99.6% |
| Jul 2023 | 6,440 | 82.7% | 99.3% |
| Jun 2023 | 6,158 | 83.7% | 97.3% |
| May 2023 | 6,150 | 84.4% | 98.6% |
| Apr 2023 | 5,907 | 81.0% | 98.5% |
| Mar 2023 | — | — | 98.5% |
| Feb 2023 | — | — | 97.4% |
| Jan 2023 | — | — | 98.2% |
| Dec 2022 | — | — | 88.0% |
| Nov 2022 | — | — | 96.5% |
| Oct 2022 | — | — | 96.8% |
| Sept 2022 | — | — | 97.5% |
| Aug 2022 | — | — | 97.9% |
| Jul 2022 | — | — | 95.5% |
| Jun 2022 | — | — | 96.8% |
| May 2022 | — | — | 98.3% |
| Apr 2022 | — | — | 99.6% |
| Mar 2022 | 6,753 | 77.6% | 98.6% |
| Feb 2022 | 6,562 | 78.8% | 99.4% |
| Jan 2022 | 6,909 | 79.5% | 99.5% |
| Dec 2021 | 7,768 | 78.9% | 99.1% |
| Nov 2021 | 7,522 | 80.9% | 99.1% |
| Oct 2021 | 6,351 | 78.3% | 99.0% |
| Sept 2021 | 6,155 | 80.9% | 99.4% |
| Aug 2021 | 6,368 | 84.1% | 99.6% |
| Jul 2021 | 5,426 | 86.0% | 99.7% |
| Jun 2021 | 5,268 | 89.5% | 98.8% |
| May 2021 | 4,706 | 90.6% | 99.6% |
| Apr 2021 | 4,189 | 89.4% | 99.8% |
| Mar 2021 | — | — | 99.8% |
| Feb 2021 | — | — | 99.6% |
| Jan 2021 | — | — | 99.5% |
| Dec 2020 | — | — | 99.6% |
| Nov 2020 | — | — | 99.8% |
| Oct 2020 | — | — | 99.8% |
| Sept 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
| Aug 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
| Jul 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
| Jun 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
| May 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
| Apr 2020 | — | — | 99.9% |
Sources: NHS England Referral to Treatment and A&E monthly statistics.
A&E performance
Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.
This trust does not run a separate major (Type 1) A&E department — the figures above are for its minor-injury unit(s) or urgent treatment centre(s) — Type 3 in NHS England’s classification.
| Department type | Attendances | Within 4 hours |
|---|---|---|
| All types (official headline) | 13,385 | 96.9% |
| Type 3 — minor injury / UTC | 13,385 | 96.9% |
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Cancer waiting times
Latest month: February 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
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
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT scan | 67 | 7.5% | 5 | 2 |
| Ultrasound | 1,389 | 6.4% | 89 | 0 |
| MRI | 559 | 2.9% | 16 | 7 |
| Audiology | 165 | 1.8% | 3 | 0 |
| DEXA Scan | 593 | 1.3% | 8 | 0 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 13,214 | 56.8% | 15.3 wks | 43.7 wks | 301 | 14 | 9 |
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.