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University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Derby, DE22 3NE · 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
61.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
68.8% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
55.2% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
33.3% 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

University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust reported 33,011 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 68.8% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 96,379 patients on its waiting list, and 61.4% were treated within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 57.8% of staff in the 2025 survey felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 19 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
61.4%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 3.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 18% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.4 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 21% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
96,379
National median: 39,587
▼ 4,576 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,782
National median: 358.5
▼ 408 vs yr agoBetter than 6% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
68.8%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 1.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 25% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
33,011
National median: 14,642
▲ 3,882 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
589
National median: 194
▼ 127 vs yr agoBetter than 22% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
33,011
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
68.8%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
589
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
6,275
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
23,153
Seen within 4 hours
55.6%

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)33,01168.8%
Type 1 — major A&E23,15355.6%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC9,85899.9%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
74.6%
3,420 of 4,587 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
55.2%
258 of 467 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
86.6%
756 of 873 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%55.2%72.3%April 202568.2%May 202570.8%June 202569.9%July 202563.4%August 202567.1%September 202566.4%October 202563.3%November 202563.0%December 202560.4%January 202657.7%February 202666.0%March 202660.7%April 202659.6%May 202655.2%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%75%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%74.6%74.4%April 202571.7%May 202574.2%June 202575.7%July 202574.2%August 202573.1%September 202572.5%October 202575.4%November 202578.8%December 202569.0%January 202677.3%February 202673.4%March 202672.6%April 202672.7%May 202674.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%86.6%87.9%April 202589.5%May 202591.6%June 202589.7%July 202590.1%August 202590.3%September 202594.1%October 202594.5%November 202593.9%December 202592.8%January 202696.3%February 202692.7%March 202688.5%April 202687.9%May 202686.6%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
94.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,103
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
11.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
79.3%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
13.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,760
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
9.0%
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
57.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 6.7 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.53
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
52.3%
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
326
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
95
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
29.1%
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
95.3%
1,387 occupied of 1,456 open
Adult critical care occupancy
80.8%
42 occupied of 52 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
36.1%
of 22,700 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
15.1%
of 22,700 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
0
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, 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
5
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 218 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
38.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
218
Of 575 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.4/10
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.

Queens Hospital Burton upon Trent
D41.6/100
East Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B
Royal Derby Hospital
E32.1/100
East Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton 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.

Queens HospitalBest-practice 39.1%354 cases
Royal Derby HospitalBest-practice 46.9%662 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 587 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
50.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
587
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.2/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.1/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.8/10
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
9.6/10
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
6.7/10
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 218 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
23.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
218
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
2.3/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.2/10
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
8.1/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.2/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
8.0/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.8/10
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 565 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
565
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
73%
National average: 78%
Worse than the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
84%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
74%
National average: 80%
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
73%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
83%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
68%
National average: 74%
Worse 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
88%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
40%
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)
21.3
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 21.7
Patients
444
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.6%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.41
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.9
Patients
549
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.31
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
33.3%
of 28,584 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics17164.3%11058
Audiology1,86361.3%1,142790
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy65658.7%385117
Gastroscopy1,48747.6%708296
Neurophysiology1,25745.3%57080
MRI6,81243.6%2,969345
Colonoscopy1,11941.6%465132
Cardiology3,98030.0%1,19378
Respiratory physiology50029.0%14513
CT scan2,16421.0%455311
Cystoscopy29517.6%5229
Ultrasound7,66617.2%1,32167
DEXA Scan6141.8%110
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%25%30%Apr 25Jan 2633.3%23.5%April 202524.2%May 202523.6%June 202525.9%July 202525.3%August 202523.7%September 202521.1%October 202523.5%November 202526.7%December 202528.6%January 202625.4%February 202627.3%March 202633.4%April 202633.5%May 202633.3%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 bacteraemia125
C. difficile315140
E. coli bacteraemia702126
MSSA bacteraemia18747
Klebsiella bacteraemia21850
Pseudomonas bacteraemia6526
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
2040Dec 23Jan 25Jan 263529December 202328January 202417February 202423March 202419April 202431May 202431June 202421July 202431August 202433September 202428October 202425November 202435December 202430January 202520February 202529March 202528April 202533May 202533June 202534July 202554August 202542September 202534October 202549November 202531December 202532January 202617February 202622March 202633April 202617May 202628June 202635July 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) · 4,570 deaths vs 4,815 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.900.951.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.950.99December 20180.99January 20190.97February 20190.97March 20190.96April 20190.96May 20190.95June 20190.94July 20190.94August 20190.94September 20190.93October 20190.91November 20190.89December 20190.89January 20200.89February 20200.89March 20200.89April 20200.89May 20200.89June 20200.89July 20200.90August 20200.89September 20200.90October 20200.91November 20200.90December 20200.90January 20210.91February 20210.91March 20210.90April 20210.90May 20210.91June 20210.92July 20210.91August 20210.93September 20210.94October 20210.94November 20210.94December 20210.95January 20220.95February 20220.95March 20220.97April 20220.97May 20220.96June 20220.95July 20220.95August 20220.95September 20220.94October 20220.94November 20220.93December 20220.93January 20230.92February 20230.92March 20230.91April 20230.91May 20230.90June 20230.91July 20230.91August 20230.92September 20230.92October 20230.93November 20230.93December 20230.92January 20240.92February 20240.92March 20240.92April 20240.91May 20240.91June 20240.91July 20240.90August 20240.90September 20240.90October 20240.90November 20240.89December 20240.89January 20250.90February 20250.89March 20250.89April 20250.90May 20250.90June 20250.90July 20250.90August 20250.91September 20250.91October 20250.92November 20250.92December 20250.93January 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
Trauma and Orthopaedic17,40149.0%18.6 wks48.3 wks861379
Ophthalmology9,62166.6%12.4 wks35.3 wks7800
Other - Medicals9,40668.4%10.9 wks33.9 wks1800
Ear Nose and Throat9,40554.2%16.4 wks39.5 wks10800
Gynaecology7,98657.9%14.5 wks43.4 wks251150
Other - Surgicals7,53260.9%13.1 wks39.6 wks8241
Dermatology5,72567.3%10.4 wks34.0 wks700
General Surgery4,58557.8%15.0 wks42.9 wks13140
Gastroenterology4,10569.4%9.6 wks39.6 wks7510
Urology3,48667.5%10.8 wks38.7 wks5721
Neurology3,42250.9%17.6 wks46.1 wks3300
Other - Paediatrics3,37558.5%14.3 wks36.7 wks1620
Cardiology3,12474.2%10.7 wks29.1 wks2620
Oral Surgery2,26175.5%9.1 wks33.1 wks2810
Respiratory Medicine1,62878.9%9.2 wks26.6 wks200
Rheumatology1,55491.8%7.1 wks18.2 wks200
Other - Others82981.7%6.6 wks35.7 wks100
Plastic Surgery40473.5%8.7 wks32.9 wks500
Elderly Medicine29890.6%4.6 wks19.0 wks000
Neurosurgical17654.0%16.0 wks36.8 wks100
Cardiothoracic Surgery4178.0%9.7 wks23.7 wks000
General Internal Medicine15100.0%1.6 wks7.4 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.