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Health

Waiting lists, urgent care, ambulance responses, public health and capacity.

11

tracked measures

1

source systems

Headline measures

Elective waiting list

7.4m

Jun 2025May 2026
−1.2%May 2026

A&E within 4 hours

76.4%

Jul 2025Jun 2026
+2.1ppJune 2026

Cat 2 response

29m 18s

Jul 2025Jun 2026
−3m 04sJune 2026

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3 measures

Diagnostic waits over 6 weeks

19.8%

Jun 2025May 2026
−2.1ppMay 2026

Cancer treatment within 62 days

70.2%

Jun 2025May 2026
+1.8ppMay 2026

GP appointments within 14 days

84.7%

Jul 2025Jun 2026
+0.9ppJune 2026

Urgent and emergency care

4 measures

Winter A&E attendances

9.11m

Winter 2025/26Winter 2025/26
record winter demandWinter 2025/26

Winter ambulance call-outs

3.22m

Winter 2025/26Winter 2025/26
highest recorded winterWinter 2025/26

Winter A&E within 4 hours

73.6%

Winter 2025/26Winter 2025/26
best winter since 2021/22Winter 2025/26

Winter ambulance handovers

1.64m

Winter 2023/24Winter 2025/26
+129k over two yearsWinter 2025/26

Provider performance

1 measure

Acute provider measures

8

July 2026 publicationJuly 2026 publication
8 comparable measuresJuly 2026 publication

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