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NHS cancer waiting times by hospital

Official NHS England figures for July 2026 (provisional). Compare how quickly each hospital trust diagnoses and treats cancer against the NHS standards.

Diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days

79.3%

▲ +0.3pp vs previous month

Standard 75% · 308,370 patients

Treated within 62 days of referral

71.2%

▲ +1.3pp vs previous month

Standard 85%

Treated within 31 days of decision

92.5%

▲ +0.3pp vs previous month

Standard 96%

Cancer waiting times by trust, July 2026

Trusts with at least 100 urgent referrals in the month, sorted by the 28-day diagnosis standard.

Trust28-day diagnosis62-day treatment
Inhealth Limited97.4%75.0%
Community Health and Eyecare Limited93.1%–
The Royal MarsdenLondon92.0%73.0%
Epsom and St Helier University HospitalsLondon89.7%86.8%
Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalLondon89.1%86.7%
Whittington HealthLondon89.1%75.0%
DMC Healthcare88.8%78.9%
Frimley HealthSouth East87.9%81.8%
AiredaleYorkshire & the Humber87.7%88.9%
Countess of Chester HospitalNorth West87.4%83.3%
Homerton HealthcareLondon87.2%88.3%
University Hospitals Coventry and WarwickshireWest Midlands87.0%77.1%
Harrogate and DistrictYorkshire & the Humber86.9%81.7%
Guy's and St Thomas'London86.8%61.5%
University Hospitals BirminghamWest Midlands86.7%72.0%
Walsall HealthcareWest Midlands86.7%84.3%
The Shrewsbury and Telford HospitalWest Midlands86.6%75.1%
Wye ValleyWest Midlands86.5%85.1%
Northumbria HealthcareNorth East & Yorkshire86.4%83.6%
Cambridge University HospitalsEast of England86.1%79.2%
Ashford and St Peter's HospitalsSouth East85.5%76.4%
St George's University HospitalsLondon85.4%83.0%
University College London HospitalsLondon85.4%77.5%
The Newcastle upon Tyne HospitalsNorth East & Yorkshire85.3%66.8%
Mid Yorkshire TeachingYorkshire & the Humber85.1%85.8%
Sussex Community Dermatology Service85.1%86.2%
The Dudley GroupWest Midlands84.4%70.0%
Royal BerkshireSouth East84.4%81.4%
East Sussex HealthcareSouth East84.2%67.0%
North West AngliaEast of England84.1%70.4%
Nottingham University HospitalsEast Midlands84.0%67.7%
Leeds Teaching HospitalsYorkshire & the Humber83.9%70.5%
West Hertfordshire Teaching HospitalsEast of England83.9%80.1%
Lewisham and GreenwichLondon83.7%69.0%
South Warwickshire UniversityWest Midlands83.7%68.9%
Oxford University HospitalsSouth East83.4%64.3%
Birmingham Women's and Children'sWest Midlands83.3%100.0%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching HospitalsYorkshire & the Humber83.2%74.2%
StockportNorth West83.2%74.7%
Croydon Health ServicesLondon83.2%69.9%
Chelsea and Westminster HospitalLondon83.2%90.4%
Lancashire Teaching HospitalsNorth West82.9%75.0%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching HospitalsNorth West82.8%76.8%
South Tyneside and SunderlandEast of England82.7%73.4%
Royal SurreySouth East82.6%84.5%
Worcestershire Acute HospitalsWest Midlands82.5%53.0%
Tameside and Glossop Integrated CareNorth West82.5%76.8%
Royal Devon University HealthcareSouth West82.3%71.4%
Imperial College HealthcareLondon82.3%65.9%
Royal Cornwall HospitalsSouth West81.9%78.1%
Milton Keynes University HospitalSouth East81.9%63.3%
Maidstone and Tunbridge WellsSouth East81.8%87.4%
London North West University HealthcareLondon81.8%81.7%
Sherwood Forest HospitalsEast Midlands81.6%70.4%
East Lancashire HospitalsNorth West81.5%73.2%
Barts HealthLondon81.4%81.1%
Isle of WightSouth East81.4%70.4%
Barnsley HospitalYorkshire & the Humber81.3%75.4%
SomersetSouth West81.2%73.5%
East CheshireNorth West81.1%53.4%
The RotherhamYorkshire & the Humber80.8%78.4%
King's College HospitalLondon80.7%70.1%
University Hospitals of North MidlandsWest Midlands80.6%68.8%
BoltonNorth West80.5%69.7%
Norfolk and Norwich University HospitalsEast of England80.4%70.8%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University HospitalsLondon80.2%74.7%
North Cheshire and MerseyNorth West80.2%83.7%
Manchester UniversityNorth West80.1%72.8%
Kingston and RichmondLondon80.1%75.3%
Royal Free LondonLondon80.1%75.2%
The Royal WolverhamptonWest Midlands80.0%72.6%
Mid Cheshire HospitalsNorth West80.0%71.1%
The Hillingdon HospitalsLondon79.6%84.0%
SalisburySouth West79.5%71.4%
South Tees HospitalsNorth East & Yorkshire79.2%67.1%
West SuffolkEast of England79.2%75.3%
Hampshire HospitalsSouth East78.8%71.8%
Sandwell and West Birmingham HospitalsWest Midlands78.8%75.2%
Dorset County HospitalSouth West78.7%61.4%
James Paget University HospitalsEast of England78.6%65.2%
University Hospitals of Morecambe BayNorth West78.4%72.4%
BristolSouth West78.4%72.2%
North Cumbria Integrated CareNorth West78.3%70.9%
Buckinghamshire HealthcareSouth East78.3%58.6%
North Tees and HartlepoolNorth East & Yorkshire78.2%59.9%
Bradford Teaching HospitalsYorkshire & the Humber78.2%68.1%
Dartford and GraveshamSouth East78.1%63.6%
Calderdale and HuddersfieldYorkshire & the Humber78.0%87.7%
MedwaySouth East77.8%81.6%
Surrey and Sussex HealthcareSouth East77.7%70.0%
Chesterfield Royal HospitalEast Midlands77.5%71.0%
University Hospitals of LeicesterEast Midlands77.3%60.4%
Great Western HospitalsSouth West76.9%66.2%
East Suffolk and North EssexEast of England76.3%71.8%
Liverpool Women'sNorth West75.7%69.1%
Liverpool University HospitalsNorth West75.5%73.3%
University Hospitals DorsetSouth West75.3%64.6%
Northern Care AllianceNorth West75.2%78.6%
University Hospital SouthamptonSouth East75.1%74.4%
George Eliot HospitalWest Midlands74.8%67.2%
Wirral University Teaching HospitalNorth West74.7%77.6%
Gloucestershire HospitalsSouth West74.4%74.6%
University Hospitals of Derby and BurtonEast Midlands74.2%58.9%
University Hospitals SussexSouth East74.0%65.2%
Northampton General HospitalEast Midlands73.9%70.8%
Kettering General HospitalEast Midlands73.5%62.0%
Royal United Hospitals BathSouth West73.4%68.0%
East and North Hertfordshire TeachingEast of England73.4%74.9%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's LynnEast of England73.3%59.5%
York and Scarborough Teaching HospitalsYorkshire & the Humber73.0%74.5%
Bedfordshire HospitalsEast of England72.8%60.2%
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching HospitalsNorth West72.4%78.0%
County Durham and DarlingtonNorth East & Yorkshire71.9%74.8%
Blackpool Teaching HospitalsNorth West71.4%67.5%
The Princess Alexandra HospitalEast of England71.3%60.2%
East Kent Hospitals UniversitySouth East71.3%70.0%
The Royal Orthopaedic HospitalWest Midlands70.4%67.7%
Hull University Teaching HospitalsYorkshire & the Humber70.0%54.5%
Northern Lincolnshire and GooleYorkshire & the Humber68.7%56.7%
Mid and South EssexEast of England67.5%50.2%
Portsmouth Hospitals UniversitySouth East66.8%75.2%
United Lincolnshire Teaching HospitalsEast Midlands65.6%64.5%
Queen Victoria HospitalSouth East57.7%75.9%
Gateshead HealthNorth East & Yorkshire42.1%50.7%

England, month by month

Month28 days62 days31 days
July 202679.3%71.2%92.5%
June 202679.0%69.9%92.2%
May 202679.0%69.6%92.8%
April 202675.9%70.0%91.5%
March 202679.4%72.8%92.8%
February 202680.5%68.6%93.0%
January 202672.8%68.4%89.8%
December 202577.4%71.9%92.5%
November 202576.5%70.2%91.7%
October 202576.1%68.8%92.5%
September 202573.9%67.9%91.2%

Questions

What are the NHS cancer waiting time standards?

There are three: 75% of people urgently referred should have cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days (the Faster Diagnosis Standard); 96% should start treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat; and 85% should start treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral.

What does the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard measure?

The share of people referred urgently with suspected cancer (or through screening or with breast symptoms) who were told they have cancer, or that cancer was ruled out, within 28 days of referral.

Where does this data come from?

From NHS England's monthly cancer waiting times statistics, which are provisional when first published and revised later. NHSQueue updates them automatically every month.

Sources: NHS England statistics on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times (July 2026), A&E attendances (August 2026), diagnostic waiting times (DM01) and cancer waiting times, published 10 September 2026; hospital sites from the nhs.uk organisation data. Figures are checked against the official national totals before every update.

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