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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral, CH63 4JY · Compare with another trust

At a glance

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

Waiting times
Meets NHS standard
97.6% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
No data
No data · About this data
Cancer
Meets NHS standard
86.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Meets NHS standard
1.0% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust reports a median treatment wait of 5.7 weeks in June 2026. During this period, 712 patients were on the waiting list, with 97.6% seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 88.8% of staff would recommend the trust for a friend or relative 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

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
97.6%
National median: 66.3%
1.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 97% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
5.7 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
1.4 wks vs yr agoBetter than 95% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
712
National median: 39,587
400 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
0
National median: 358.5
Better than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
66.7%
8 of 12 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
86.8%
89 of 103 treated in time
Target 85% · meets target
Treatment within 31 days
99.6%
1,137 of 1,142 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
80%85%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%86.8%83.5%April 202583.4%May 202579.7%June 202586.7%July 202587.3%August 202585.7%September 202583.1%October 202591.9%November 202585.7%December 202577.5%January 202686.7%February 202689.8%March 202687.9%April 202680.4%May 202686.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%80%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%66.7%78.6%April 202572.2%May 202578.9%June 2025100.0%July 202588.2%August 202578.9%September 202590.9%October 202583.3%November 202592.3%December 202586.7%January 2026100.0%February 202681.3%March 202670.0%April 202663.6%May 202666.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%99.6%99.6%April 202599.5%May 202599.6%June 202599.8%July 202599.4%August 202599.3%September 202599.5%October 202599.9%November 202599.8%December 202599.6%January 202699.5%February 202699.4%March 202699.5%April 202699.6%May 202699.6%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
95.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
45
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
18.8%
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
88.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 0.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.22
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
67.1%
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

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
85.3%
81 occupied of 95 open

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. 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 309 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
46.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
309
Of 742 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
9.1/10
National average: 7.6/10
Better than the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.6/10
National average: 9.0/10
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.4/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Enough nurses on duty
8.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
Better than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
8.2/10
National average: 7.2/10
Better than the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.8/10
National average: 9.4/10
Better than the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
8.1/10
National average: 6.9/10
Better than the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
7.9/10
National average: 6.7/10
Better than the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Adult Inpatient Survey. 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 237 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
237
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.2/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
77%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
91%
National average: 84%
Better than 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
91%
National average: 78%
Better than the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
96%
National average: 88%
Better than the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
82%
National average: 74%
Better than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
65%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
90%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
53%
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
1.0%
of 209 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
MRI1301.5%20
CT scan630.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%1%2%3%Apr 25Jan 261.0%0.0%April 20250.0%May 20250.0%June 20250.0%July 20250.3%August 20250.4%September 20250.0%October 20250.1%November 20250.8%December 20253.1%January 20260.4%February 20260.0%March 20260.0%April 20260.4%May 20261.0%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 bacteraemia00
C. difficile2714
E. coli bacteraemia4221
MSSA bacteraemia107
Klebsiella bacteraemia1910
Pseudomonas bacteraemia76
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
510Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2663December 20232January 20247February 20242March 20245April 20242May 20246June 20243July 20245August 20245September 20244October 20246November 20243December 20246January 20257February 20254March 20258April 20257May 20255June 20257July 20256August 20255September 202511October 20253November 20254December 20253January 20264February 20266March 20263April 20263May 20264June 20266July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. 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 - Medicals37898.9%5.6 wks13.2 wks000
Other - Others33496.1%5.7 wks14.2 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.