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Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care 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
78.3% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
61.8% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
75.7% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
1.3% 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

Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust reported 11,127 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 61.8% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 16,790 patients on its waiting list, and 78.3% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 52.3% 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
78.3%
National median: 66.3%
6.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
8.7 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
1.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
16,790
National median: 39,587
227 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
0
National median: 358.5
Better than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
61.8%
National median: 74.2%
0.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 7% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
11,127
National median: 14,642
487 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
474
National median: 194
137 vs yr agoBetter than 28% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
11,127
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
61.8%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
474
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,864
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
8,984
Seen within 4 hours
52.9%

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)11,12761.8%
Type 1 — major A&E8,98452.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC2,14399.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
81.9%
995 of 1,215 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
75.7%
70 of 93 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.2%
75 of 78 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%75.7%76.6%April 202580.6%May 202581.6%June 202578.6%July 202579.2%August 202583.1%September 202578.9%October 202578.4%November 202578.5%December 202577.4%January 202682.6%February 202682.6%March 202680.4%April 202678.7%May 202675.7%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%81.9%85.8%April 202584.3%May 202585.2%June 202584.2%July 202580.8%August 202580.3%September 202580.8%October 202582.2%November 202582.5%December 202580.1%January 202685.8%February 202682.5%March 202681.8%April 202682.6%May 202681.9%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.2%97.1%April 202597.3%May 202598.4%June 202596.4%July 2025100.0%August 202595.2%September 202596.9%October 2025100.0%November 202597.5%December 2025100.0%January 202696.4%February 202698.9%March 202698.4%April 202696.5%May 202696.2%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
97.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,027
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
36.3%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
76.7%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
18.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
967
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
52.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 1.9 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.68
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
54.8%
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
31
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
2
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
6.5%
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
95.0%
383 occupied of 403 open
Adult critical care occupancy
100.0%
9 occupied of 9 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
17.4%
of 8,028 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.3%
of 8,028 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
37
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
60%
of 649 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 111 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
37.3%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
111
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.6/10
Worse than most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.2/10
Worse than most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
7.6/10
Worse than most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.0/10
Worse than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.3/10
Worse than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
7.8/10
Worse than 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.

Tameside General Hospital
D51.5/100
Greater Manchester
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care 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.

Tameside General HospitalBest-practice 43.5%277 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 432 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
36.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
432
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.8/10
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
7.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.0/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.3/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.9/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.4/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC 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 207 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
22.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
207
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.8/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
3.1/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
5.1/10
National average: 3.4/10
Better than the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.0/10
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
7.3/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.0/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.7/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.2/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.1/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC 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 29 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
29
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
91%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
87%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
88%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
75%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
76%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
62%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
49%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
96%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
29%
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)
20.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.9
Patients
68
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.1%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.39
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 17.3
Patients
92
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.7%
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
1.3%
of 3,343 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Neurophysiology5032.0%160
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy863.5%30
Colonoscopy2693.3%91
Gastroscopy2192.7%60
Audiology1231.6%20
CT scan4381.4%60
MRI5060.4%20
Cardiology6590.0%00
Ultrasound8950.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%1%2%3%Apr 25Jan 261.3%1.6%April 20253.3%May 20252.6%June 20252.7%July 20251.6%August 20250.8%September 20250.6%October 20250.6%November 20250.0%December 20251.1%January 20260.3%February 20260.7%March 20262.1%April 20261.2%May 20261.3%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 bacteraemia122
C. difficile11050
E. coli bacteraemia24044
MSSA bacteraemia5711
Klebsiella bacteraemia6415
Pseudomonas bacteraemia268
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26810December 20238January 20249February 20246March 202411April 20249May 202416June 202412July 202411August 20249September 202416October 20249November 202417December 202411January 202517February 202510March 202514April 20256May 202515June 20259July 202514August 202510September 202514October 20254November 20258December 202512January 202611February 202612March 202612April 202614May 202611June 20268July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.14
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,430 deaths vs 1,260 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.141.23December 20181.20January 20191.20February 20191.21March 20191.21April 20191.19May 20191.16June 20191.15July 20191.14August 20191.16September 20191.15October 20191.15November 20191.14December 20191.12January 20201.06February 20201.06March 20201.05April 20201.05May 20201.10June 20201.09July 20201.10August 20201.10September 20201.10October 20201.10November 20201.09December 20201.10January 20211.09February 20211.08March 20211.08April 20211.07May 20211.06June 20211.06July 20211.06August 20211.05September 20211.08October 20211.09November 20211.10December 20211.09January 20221.09February 20221.09March 20221.10April 20221.10May 20221.10June 20221.10July 20221.09August 20221.08September 20221.06October 20221.04November 20221.05December 20221.04January 20231.06February 20231.07March 20231.06April 20231.07May 20231.06June 20231.05July 20231.05August 20231.05September 20231.06October 20231.08November 20231.05December 20231.04January 20241.03February 20241.02March 20241.02April 20241.02May 20241.02June 20241.05July 20241.05August 20241.05September 20241.04October 20241.04November 20241.04December 20241.05January 20251.07February 20251.08March 20251.10April 20251.11May 20251.12June 20251.13July 20251.14August 20251.16September 20251.16October 20251.16November 20251.15December 20251.15January 20261.14February 20261.14March 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
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,13767.2%11.5 wks33.2 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat1,97963.4%13.9 wks30.7 wks000
Gynaecology1,89069.8%11.6 wks28.7 wks000
Other - Surgicals1,37387.9%5.3 wks22.0 wks000
Other - Medicals1,29785.8%8.9 wks23.2 wks000
General Surgery1,22777.4%6.9 wks29.2 wks000
Gastroenterology1,09992.8%5.9 wks17.6 wks000
Cardiology1,05092.8%6.2 wks17.2 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1,03782.3%7.8 wks24.7 wks000
Oral Surgery73767.7%10.1 wks32.2 wks000
Urology65699.1%6.1 wks15.2 wks000
Respiratory Medicine65088.5%7.3 wks20.3 wks000
Rheumatology38096.6%6.4 wks15.5 wks000
Dermatology23294.4%4.0 wks17.2 wks000
General Internal Medicine4092.5%3.4 wks17.8 wks000
Elderly Medicine5100.0%6.5 wks8.6 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery1100.0%3.5 wks3.9 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.