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University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Kendal, LA9 7RG · 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
70.7% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
66.8% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
65.4% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
11.8% 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 Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust reported 12,789 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 66.8% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 35,624 patients on its waiting list, and 70.7% were seen within 18 weeks of referral.

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
70.7%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.3 pts vs yr agoBetter than 71% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
10.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 76% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
35,624
National median: 39,587
▲ 589 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
666
National median: 358.5
▲ 106 vs yr agoBetter than 34% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
66.8%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 5.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 18% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
12,789
National median: 14,642
▼ 103 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
712
National median: 194
▲ 436 vs yr agoBetter than 17% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
12,789
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
66.8%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
712
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,226
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
9,492
Seen within 4 hours
56.0%

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)12,78966.8%
Type 1 — major A&E9,49256.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC3,29797.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
76.0%
1,567 of 2,063 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
65.4%
133 of 204 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
97.9%
326 of 333 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%65.4%72.7%April 202565.1%May 202561.7%June 202571.7%July 202568.9%August 202562.4%September 202570.0%October 202571.3%November 202576.5%December 202560.8%January 202665.7%February 202668.9%March 202660.4%April 202670.3%May 202665.4%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
72.5%75%77.5%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%76.0%79.1%April 202577.2%May 202579.5%June 202580.0%July 202577.5%August 202575.1%September 202576.2%October 202579.1%November 202576.0%December 202573.0%January 202679.2%February 202678.1%March 202675.3%April 202680.7%May 202676.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
92%94%96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%97.9%98.4%April 202597.7%May 202598.0%June 202599.0%July 202594.4%August 202592.6%September 202595.8%October 202596.8%November 202598.1%December 202594.8%January 202696.0%February 202698.4%March 202698.0%April 202696.7%May 202697.9%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
89.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
6.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
578
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
15.7%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
82.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
10.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
460
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.5%
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
49.9%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff SurveyMedian English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.43
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
45.4%
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
68
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
12
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
17.6%
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
94.4%
507 occupied of 537 open
Adult critical care occupancy
71.4%
10 occupied of 14 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
31.6%
of 9,553 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
14.1%
of 9,553 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
120
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
34%
of 1,273 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 105 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
35.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
105
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
9.0/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.4/10
Better than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
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.

Furness General Hospital
D58.8/100
Lancashire and South Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Royal Lancaster Infirmary
E33.8/100
Lancashire and South Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
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 Of Morecambe Bay 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.

Royal Lancaster InfirmaryBest-practice 43.9%320 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 523 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
43.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
523
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
9.2/10
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
8.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.4/10
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
7.0/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
7.0/10
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 306 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
33.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
306
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.0/10
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
3.0/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as 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
7.8/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.0/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.1/10
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
6.5/10
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 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 637 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
637
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
75%
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
81%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
88%
National average: 88%
About the same as 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
69%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
92%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
50%
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)
22.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.1
Patients
128
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.4%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.49
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 17.9
Patients
193
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
95.3%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.32
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
11.8%
of 10,505 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology1,40028.5%399113
Ultrasound3,70916.5%6117
Urodynamics8214.6%124
CT scan1,28110.9%14012
Cystoscopy955.3%51
Colonoscopy1914.7%90
Audiology5874.4%261
Barium Enema692.9%22
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy772.6%20
Gastroscopy3351.5%50
MRI1,7451.2%213
Respiratory physiology3210.9%30
Neurophysiology1750.6%10
DEXA Scan4380.2%10
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%Apr 25Jan 2611.8%20.0%April 202523.4%May 202517.2%June 202511.7%July 202510.2%August 20254.6%September 20253.0%October 20253.6%November 202510.0%December 20259.1%January 20266.6%February 202612.7%March 202615.1%April 202615.4%May 202611.8%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 bacteraemia51
C. difficile11133
E. coli bacteraemia27252
MSSA bacteraemia10525
Klebsiella bacteraemia8017
Pseudomonas bacteraemia156
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
5101520Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26612December 202320January 202413February 202414March 202413April 202414May 20248June 20249July 202412August 202413September 202418October 20248November 202412December 20248January 20258February 202514March 20256April 20258May 202518June 202515July 202512August 20259September 202514October 202510November 20256December 202513January 20268February 202612March 202615April 202616May 202613June 20266July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.00
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,925 deaths vs 1,920 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.201.40Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.001.00December 20181.01January 20191.01February 20191.00March 20191.00April 20191.00May 20191.01June 20191.01July 20191.00August 20191.00September 20191.00October 20191.01November 20191.03December 20191.01January 20201.01February 20201.01March 20201.01April 20201.01May 20201.01June 20201.02July 20201.03August 20201.03September 20201.04October 20201.03November 20201.02December 20201.03January 20211.03February 20211.04March 20211.05April 20211.05May 20211.04June 20211.02July 20211.01August 20211.02September 20211.00October 20211.00November 20210.99December 20210.99January 20221.00February 20221.00March 20220.99April 20220.97May 20220.96June 20220.95July 20220.94August 20220.94September 20220.95October 20220.95November 20220.96December 20220.97January 20230.97February 20230.98March 20230.97April 20230.98May 20230.99June 20230.99July 20230.99August 20230.99September 20230.98October 20230.97November 20230.99December 20230.97January 20240.97February 20240.97March 20240.96April 20240.96May 20240.96June 20240.96July 20240.95August 20240.95September 20240.93October 20240.93November 20240.94December 20240.94January 20250.95February 20250.99March 20251.04April 20251.08May 20251.14June 20251.22July 20251.26August 20251.23September 20251.40October 20251.29November 20251.30December 20251.30January 20261.03February 20261.00March 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 Orthopaedic6,10663.0%12.1 wks45.8 wks27730
Ear Nose and Throat3,59573.0%10.4 wks38.1 wks4921
Other - Medicals3,45467.1%12.4 wks35.6 wks1900
Gynaecology2,66868.1%11.1 wks39.4 wks5700
Ophthalmology2,51181.6%8.3 wks30.0 wks4100
Gastroenterology2,38777.7%8.7 wks29.4 wks400
Urology2,31169.4%10.8 wks36.2 wks4520
Oral Surgery2,30763.8%13.6 wks37.9 wks2600
General Surgery2,23948.5%18.6 wks45.0 wks5400
Other - Paediatrics2,21472.7%8.6 wks37.6 wks5210
Other - Surgicals1,52477.2%7.4 wks32.0 wks1800
Dermatology1,31195.0%4.4 wks15.7 wks000
Rheumatology94571.6%10.6 wks36.8 wks1000
Cardiology77784.6%6.5 wks31.1 wks500
Respiratory Medicine49095.3%5.6 wks16.7 wks000
Other - Others42584.2%4.6 wks31.5 wks600
Elderly Medicine17596.0%4.7 wks15.0 wks000
General Internal Medicine10983.5%4.6 wks37.4 wks300
Plastic Surgery6496.9%3.6 wks13.9 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery12100.0%2.2 wks5.0 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.