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Wye Valley 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
66.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
65.0% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Meets NHS standard
85.4% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
18.2% 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

Wye Valley NHS Trust reported 7,394 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 65% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 11.9 weeks, and 66% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. The trust had 22,761 patients on its waiting list at that time.

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
66.0%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 6.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 48% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
11.9 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 2.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 44% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
22,761
National median: 39,587
▼ 81 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
132
National median: 358.5
▼ 591 vs yr agoBetter than 66% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
65.0%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 5.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 14% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
7,394
National median: 14,642
▼ 182 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
126
National median: 194
▼ 56 vs yr agoBetter than 59% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
7,394
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
65.0%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
126
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,543
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
6,232
Seen within 4 hours
58.5%

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)7,39465.0%
Type 1 — major A&E6,23258.5%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E973100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC189100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
86.4%
918 of 1,062 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
85.4%
106 of 124 treated in time
Target 85% · meets target
Treatment within 31 days
96.7%
148 of 153 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%85.4%73.2%April 202577.1%May 202568.4%June 202569.5%July 202571.0%August 202572.1%September 202575.8%October 202582.6%November 202589.1%December 202581.4%January 202677.2%February 202688.4%March 202676.5%April 202680.5%May 202685.4%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%86.4%78.2%April 202575.5%May 202581.4%June 202577.9%July 202581.8%August 202583.9%September 202584.6%October 202584.2%November 202583.7%December 202579.9%January 202686.2%February 202683.5%March 202682.2%April 202684.3%May 202686.4%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.7%89.3%April 202585.4%May 202582.7%June 202585.3%July 202584.7%August 202581.5%September 202593.7%October 202590.5%November 202597.1%December 202590.2%January 202698.0%February 202696.4%March 202694.9%April 202695.1%May 202696.7%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

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
61.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 4.8 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.07
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
62.3%
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
50
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
22
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
44.0%
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
99.4%
308 occupied of 310 open
Adult critical care occupancy
87.5%
7 occupied of 8 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
51.1%
of 6,008 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
32.0%
of 6,008 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
25
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
65%
of 502 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
3
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 118 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
46.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
118
Of 257 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.8/10
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)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.9/10
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.

Hereford County Hospital
E36.2/100
West Midlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
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)

Wye Valley 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.

County Hospital HerefordBest-practice 62.6%419 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 562 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
47.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
562
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
6.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
8.9/10
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
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.4/10
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
9.2/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.8/10
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 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 399 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
32.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
399
Of 1,250 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
2.2/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.4/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.5/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.5/10
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
8.1/10
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
8.4/10
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 235 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
235
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
83%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
85%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
85%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
80%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
90%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
75%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
60%
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
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)
22.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.0
Patients
55
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.44
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.1
Patients
59
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
18.2%
of 6,440 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Urodynamics5271.2%3726
Colonoscopy29352.9%15540
Respiratory physiology26651.5%1379
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy13847.1%6516
Neurophysiology22437.1%832
Cardiology90334.0%30761
Gastroscopy18726.2%4910
Cystoscopy6924.6%175
MRI1,56814.2%22237
Audiology22712.8%293
Ultrasound1,5994.3%680
CT scan8270.4%30
DEXA Scan870.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 2618.2%27.8%April 202531.1%May 202526.3%June 202525.6%July 202526.2%August 202524.6%September 202513.3%October 202513.9%November 202515.8%December 202514.1%January 202611.4%February 202611.8%March 202613.7%April 202615.2%May 202618.2%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 bacteraemia60
C. difficile8730
E. coli bacteraemia17015
MSSA bacteraemia3511
Klebsiella bacteraemia5110
Pseudomonas bacteraemia145
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
0510Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2678December 20234January 20245February 20242March 20248April 20242May 20246June 20248July 20246August 20244September 20244October 20247November 20247December 20247January 20253February 20258March 20253April 20255May 20255June 20256July 20256August 20255September 20254October 20251November 20257December 202510January 20266February 20269March 20268April 20266May 20262June 20267July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.15
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,305 deaths vs 1,135 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.151.06December 20181.04January 20191.03February 20191.01March 20191.00April 20191.01May 20191.03June 20191.05July 20191.05August 20191.05September 20191.03October 20191.03November 20191.03December 20191.04January 20201.05February 20201.05March 20201.06April 20201.06May 20201.04June 20201.03July 20201.02August 20201.01September 20201.01October 20201.01November 20201.01December 20201.02January 20211.01February 20211.04March 20211.05April 20211.04May 20211.05June 20211.06July 20211.11August 20211.14September 20211.12October 20211.11November 20211.12December 20211.13January 20221.13February 20221.10March 20221.10April 20221.09May 20221.09June 20221.07July 20221.21August 20221.04September 20221.03October 20221.03November 20221.04December 20221.01January 20231.02February 20231.02March 20231.02April 20231.01May 20231.01June 20231.03July 20231.03August 20231.03September 20231.02October 20231.02November 20231.02December 20231.02January 20241.00February 20240.98March 20240.98April 20241.00May 20241.00June 20241.00July 20240.99August 20241.00September 20241.02October 20241.03November 20241.05December 20241.07January 20251.08February 20251.10March 20251.10April 20251.12May 20251.12June 20251.13July 20251.15August 20251.14September 20251.14October 20251.15November 20251.13December 20251.13January 20261.14February 20261.15March 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 Orthopaedic2,97453.8%16.6 wks44.2 wks6320
Ear Nose and Throat2,38462.5%14.1 wks38.0 wks310
Ophthalmology2,18177.0%10.0 wks26.5 wks100
Gynaecology2,00557.0%15.1 wks39.8 wks1200
Other - Medicals1,91871.9%9.7 wks30.0 wks400
Other - Surgicals1,72670.7%9.8 wks31.3 wks500
Cardiology1,46760.9%14.8 wks35.5 wks700
Respiratory Medicine1,41677.5%9.3 wks29.7 wks800
Urology1,31466.1%11.8 wks34.5 wks200
Gastroenterology1,27460.2%13.8 wks38.3 wks2200
Dermatology1,03379.9%7.4 wks29.3 wks000
Oral Surgery73456.0%16.6 wks36.9 wks400
General Surgery70365.0%11.9 wks34.8 wks100
Neurology49469.2%11.4 wks30.2 wks000
Rheumatology40783.5%7.2 wks21.4 wks000
Plastic Surgery27865.1%11.6 wks35.7 wks000
Other - Paediatrics26072.7%9.3 wks28.0 wks000
Elderly Medicine14574.5%7.5 wks29.4 wks000
General Internal Medicine2748.1%18.5 wks37.4 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery2085.0%6.5 wks28.4 wks000
Other - Others10.0%28.5 wks28.9 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.