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University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS 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
57.9% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
75.7% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.4% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
4.8% 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

University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust reported 22,036 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 75.7% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 72,093 patients on its waiting list, and 57.9% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 58.5% would recommend the trust to friends or relatives.

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
57.9%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 1.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 5% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
14.9 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 5% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
72,093
National median: 39,587
▼ 4,894 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
2,276
National median: 358.5
▲ 313 vs yr agoBetter than 4% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
75.7%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 1.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 58% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
22,036
National median: 14,642
▲ 2,153 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
22
National median: 194
▲ 5 vs yr agoBetter than 72% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
22,036
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
75.7%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
22
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,630
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
13,254
Seen within 4 hours
61.6%

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)22,03675.7%
Type 1 — major A&E13,25461.6%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E2,77897.3%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC6,00496.8%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
87.3%
2,160 of 2,473 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
72.4%
229 of 317 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.4%
754 of 782 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.4%66.7%April 202566.2%May 202565.2%June 202564.8%July 202566.7%August 202567.7%September 202564.7%October 202572.2%November 202572.0%December 202571.4%January 202671.4%February 202676.2%March 202671.5%April 202672.6%May 202672.4%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%87.3%79.5%April 202574.7%May 202581.0%June 202581.4%July 202582.2%August 202580.2%September 202578.1%October 202581.3%November 202585.0%December 202583.8%January 202685.4%February 202689.1%March 202684.3%April 202687.1%May 202687.3%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%96.5%97%97.5%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.4%96.4%April 202596.1%May 202596.8%June 202597.1%July 202597.1%August 202596.5%September 202597.4%October 202596.3%November 202596.2%December 202596.1%January 202697.0%February 202696.9%March 202696.2%April 202696.7%May 202696.4%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
92.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
3,124
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
25.0%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
81.3%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,189
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.2%
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
58.5%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 0.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.74
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
56.9%
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
232
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
57
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
24.6%
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
95.2%
950 occupied of 998 open
Adult critical care occupancy
79.5%
35 occupied of 44 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
25.5%
of 14,828 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
15.0%
of 14,828 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
153
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
28%
of 1,495 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 132 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
34.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
132
Of 392 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
7.5/10
Worse than most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.4/10
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.

University Hospital Coventry
D45.0/100
West Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS 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.

University Hospital CoventryBest-practice 47.4%560 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 413 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
35.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
413
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
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.9/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.5/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Enough nurses on duty
6.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
Worse than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.9/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.2/10
National average: 9.4/10
Worse than the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.5/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.5/10
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 234 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
25.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
234
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.4/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.9/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.1/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.9/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
6.9/10
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
6.5/10
National average: 7.8/10
Worse than 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
7.6/10
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 643 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
643
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as 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
86%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
79%
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
82%
National average: 88%
Worse than the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
73%
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
88%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
45%
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
Patients
28
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.2
Patients
32
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.35
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
4.8%
of 13,928 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology93632.6%30534
MRI4,1996.9%290201
Respiratory physiology3764.5%171
Neurophysiology8653.1%271
Cardiology1862.2%40
Colonoscopy1901.1%20
CT scan2,2890.5%111
Ultrasound4,1620.2%81
DEXA Scan4990.0%00
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy730.0%00
Gastroscopy1530.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
5%10%15%20%Apr 25Jan 264.8%7.3%April 20257.0%May 20257.0%June 20257.0%July 20258.3%August 20259.1%September 202511.5%October 202513.5%November 202519.5%December 202517.8%January 202611.2%February 20267.0%March 20266.8%April 20265.0%May 20264.8%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 bacteraemia94
C. difficile10143
E. coli bacteraemia29956
MSSA bacteraemia10929
Klebsiella bacteraemia8417
Pseudomonas bacteraemia3715
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
102030Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261016December 202318January 202418February 202411March 202412April 202414May 202411June 202427July 202418August 202420September 202416October 20249November 202422December 202423January 202518February 20259March 202519April 202516May 202515June 202519July 202528August 20256September 202521October 202512November 20258December 20259January 202615February 202614March 202610April 202623May 20268June 202610July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.16
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,825 deaths vs 2,440 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.161.09December 20181.10January 20191.09February 20191.10March 20191.10April 20191.10May 20191.10June 20191.09July 20191.09August 20191.09September 20191.08October 20191.08November 20191.08December 20191.08January 20201.10February 20201.11March 20201.10April 20201.10May 20201.11June 20201.11July 20201.11August 20201.09September 20201.11October 20201.10November 20201.10December 20201.08January 20211.06February 20211.06March 20211.07April 20211.06May 20211.05June 20211.06July 20211.07August 20211.08September 20211.08October 20211.08November 20211.09December 20211.10January 20221.10February 20221.10March 20221.11April 20221.11May 20221.11June 20221.11July 20221.10August 20221.10September 20221.10October 20221.10November 20221.10December 20221.09January 20231.09February 20231.09March 20231.08April 20231.07May 20231.07June 20231.06July 20231.06August 20231.07September 20231.06October 20231.06November 20231.05December 20231.04January 20241.04February 20241.03March 20241.05April 20241.06May 20241.05June 20241.06July 20241.08August 20241.10September 20241.11October 20241.12November 20241.12December 20241.14January 20251.15February 20251.18March 20251.21April 20251.24May 20251.23June 20251.23July 20251.23August 20251.19September 20251.21October 20251.21November 20251.17December 20251.17January 20261.18February 20261.16March 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
Ear Nose and Throat9,01940.3%22.6 wks50.7 wks569100
General Surgery8,34761.5%13.5 wks45.8 wks29540
Gynaecology6,83047.0%19.4 wks47.8 wks24020
Ophthalmology6,80454.0%16.4 wks44.6 wks20170
Other - Medicals6,07068.9%10.7 wks42.7 wks20600
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,50160.0%14.1 wks45.4 wks18300
Neurosurgical5,32348.2%18.7 wks46.6 wks20800
Neurology3,96955.3%15.8 wks43.1 wks9600
Urology3,52951.2%17.5 wks49.1 wks15380
Oral Surgery3,37860.4%14.9 wks38.9 wks6400
Dermatology3,10278.1%7.0 wks30.2 wks000
Respiratory Medicine2,60271.9%11.3 wks27.3 wks100
Cardiology2,20676.0%9.5 wks25.6 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1,58052.6%17.2 wks45.5 wks5100
Gastroenterology1,46378.3%9.0 wks28.2 wks300
Rheumatology60096.3%3.9 wks14.1 wks000
General Internal Medicine55795.2%4.4 wks15.1 wks000
Plastic Surgery52761.5%13.5 wks37.6 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery32485.5%7.3 wks20.9 wks000
Other - Others28084.3%6.2 wks30.3 wks600
Elderly Medicine8293.9%5.6 wks16.4 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.