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York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation 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
59.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
62.5% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
20.6% 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

York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 19,896 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 62.5% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 14 weeks, and 59% of patients 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 16 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
59.0%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 0.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 7% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
14.0 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
Better than 11% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
56,467
National median: 39,587
▲ 3,311 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,087
National median: 358.5
▼ 461 vs yr agoBetter than 20% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
62.5%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 7.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 9% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
19,896
National median: 14,642
▲ 467 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
177
National median: 194
▼ 273 vs yr agoBetter than 54% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
19,896
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
62.5%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
177
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4,414
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
13,730
Seen within 4 hours
50.2%

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)19,89662.5%
Type 1 — major A&E13,73050.2%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E40100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC6,12689.9%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
73.8%
1,744 of 2,362 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
72.8%
240 of 329 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
94.6%
453 of 479 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.8%68.2%April 202566.7%May 202562.6%June 202566.6%July 202565.2%August 202567.2%September 202563.1%October 202565.9%November 202562.8%December 202566.4%January 202670.7%February 202672.4%March 202672.3%April 202667.8%May 202672.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%73.8%67.5%April 202568.0%May 202569.8%June 202568.3%July 202564.6%August 202560.6%September 202563.3%October 202560.0%November 202560.4%December 202558.8%January 202676.2%February 202677.2%March 202671.6%April 202675.2%May 202673.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
94%96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%94.6%97.9%April 202597.1%May 202596.6%June 202598.5%July 202597.9%August 202596.5%September 202597.0%October 202595.3%November 202597.2%December 202596.2%January 202697.2%February 202699.3%March 202694.3%April 202695.2%May 202694.6%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
92.5%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
5.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
40
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
0.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
66.7%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
33.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
6
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
0.1%
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
46.7%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 3.6 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.51
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
48.7%
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
159
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
9
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
5.7%
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
89.7%
726 occupied of 809 open
Adult critical care occupancy
22.2%
8 occupied of 36 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
18.1%
of 20,370 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.7%
of 20,370 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
115
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
13%
of 926 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

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 158 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
53.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
158
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.6/10
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.

Johnson Ward Stroke Rehab Unit, Bridlington Hospital
D48.4/100
Humber Coast and Vale
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionA
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance C
White Cross Court Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
D41.3/100
Humber Coast and Vale
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityE
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B
York Hospital
E38.0/100
Humber Coast and Vale
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentD
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals 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.

Scarborough General HospitalBest-practice 23.8%325 cases
York District HospitalBest-practice 55.2%450 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 522 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
44.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
522
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
8.8/10
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
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.4/10
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
6.4/10
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 282 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
31.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
282
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
2.5/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.5/10
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
7.9/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.3/10
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
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
8.1/10
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 387 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
387
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
76%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
89%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
82%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
81%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
86%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
77%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
68%
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
51%
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
27
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
14.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 14.9
Patients
38
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.4%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.37
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
20.6%
of 11,732 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology30768.1%20923
Ultrasound5,10030.2%1,539131
Urodynamics11629.3%348
Neurophysiology18325.1%461
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy15918.9%302
Audiology58715.8%931
Cystoscopy23914.6%3519
Respiratory physiology21512.6%2719
CT scan1,40712.2%17158
Gastroscopy39610.9%4310
Colonoscopy5279.5%5015
DEXA Scan6027.5%451
MRI1,8275.3%9618
Barium Enema674.5%30
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
20%30%40%Apr 25Jan 2620.6%37.3%April 202534.7%May 202536.0%June 202536.7%July 202538.3%August 202534.5%September 202528.8%October 202525.4%November 202529.3%December 202529.2%January 202622.5%February 202623.1%March 202627.0%April 202624.0%May 202620.6%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 bacteraemia73
C. difficile21287
E. coli bacteraemia56375
MSSA bacteraemia15843
Klebsiella bacteraemia16138
Pseudomonas bacteraemia6314
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
102030Dec 23Jan 25Jan 262420December 202325January 202421February 202416March 202418April 202432May 202426June 202422July 202419August 202421September 202423October 202425November 202419December 202421January 202519February 202517March 202526April 202519May 202519June 202520July 202525August 202514September 202515October 202525November 202529December 202519January 202612February 202625March 202622April 202624May 202626June 202624July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.88
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,015 deaths vs 3,410 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.900.951.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.881.00December 20181.00January 20191.00February 20191.00March 20190.99April 20190.98May 20190.98June 20190.98July 20190.99August 20191.00September 20191.00October 20191.00November 20190.99December 20190.99January 20200.99February 20200.99March 20200.99April 20201.00May 20200.99June 20200.99July 20200.99August 20200.97September 20200.96October 20200.95November 20200.95December 20200.95January 20210.95February 20210.94March 20210.95April 20210.95May 20210.94June 20210.94July 20210.94August 20210.96September 20210.96October 20210.97November 20210.97December 20210.97January 20220.96February 20220.96March 20220.96April 20220.96May 20220.97June 20220.97July 20220.97August 20220.97September 20220.96October 20220.97November 20220.96December 20220.96January 20230.95February 20230.95March 20230.95April 20230.95May 20230.96June 20230.96July 20230.96August 20230.96September 20230.96October 20230.96November 20230.99December 20230.99January 20240.99February 20240.98March 20240.98April 20240.98May 20240.97June 20240.96July 20240.96August 20240.96September 20240.96October 20240.96November 20240.95December 20240.93January 20250.93February 20250.93March 20250.93April 20250.92May 20250.92June 20250.92July 20250.91August 20250.91September 20250.90October 20250.88November 20250.88December 20250.88January 20260.90February 20260.88March 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
Other - Surgicals7,94659.1%13.7 wks43.8 wks23700
Ear Nose and Throat7,55255.8%15.6 wks39.9 wks9900
Other - Medicals6,84457.7%14.4 wks47.9 wks34300
Ophthalmology5,44371.2%9.5 wks36.6 wks3100
Trauma and Orthopaedic4,74562.6%11.6 wks39.8 wks6500
Oral Surgery4,02847.3%19.2 wks46.2 wks14500
Gynaecology3,57250.9%17.6 wks40.0 wks1400
Dermatology3,41456.9%14.1 wks38.9 wks400
Respiratory Medicine3,05548.5%18.7 wks44.3 wks4200
Urology3,00958.7%14.4 wks40.7 wks6100
Cardiology2,46060.2%14.0 wks38.3 wks3100
Gastroenterology1,86065.1%11.4 wks35.9 wks1000
Neurology1,19176.7%9.7 wks27.6 wks200
Rheumatology67282.7%8.4 wks22.4 wks000
Elderly Medicine26497.3%4.5 wks14.3 wks000
Plastic Surgery24766.8%11.3 wks38.1 wks300
Other - Others13565.9%11.9 wks33.8 wks000
General Surgery2993.1%3.7 wks16.7 wks000
General Internal Medicine1100.0%10.5 wks10.9 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.