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Cancer waiting times

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. Official NHS England figures for August 2026.

Official NHS figures

August 2026

71%
told whether or not they have cancer within 28 days of an urgent referral
England: 79%. National standard: 75%▼ Worse than England
92%
started treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
England: 92%. National standard: 96%● About the same as England
60%
started treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral
England: 72%. National standard: 85%▼ Worse than England

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  • About 58 of 144 patients who started treatment that month had waited longer than 62 days since their urgent referral
  • About 22 of them had waited longer than 104 days

Each figure counts patients whose wait ended in that month. A patient treated by two trusts counts as half for each, so some numbers are not whole. The latest months are provisional and may be revised by NHS England.

Official NHS figures

Month by month

Treated within 62 days of an urgent referral

Whether it is getting better or worse appears once there is a full year to compare.

Treated within 62 days of an urgent referral, April 2026 to August 2026. The figures are in the table below.50%70%90%Apr 26Jul 26April 2026: 65%. England 70%May 2026: 64%. England 70%June 2026: 64%. England 70%July 2026: 57%. England 71%August 2026: 60%. England 72%
  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
  • National standard, 85%

The scale starts at 50%, not 0, so that changes can be seen. They look bigger than they would on a full scale.

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MonthNorthern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202660%72%
July 202657%71%
June 202664%70%
May 202664%70%
April 202665%70%

The three standards

MonthTold within 28 daysTreated within 31 daysTreated within 62 daysEngland, 62 days
August 2026 71% 92% 60% 72%
July 2026 69% 93% 57% 71%
June 2026 64% 94% 64% 70%
May 2026 59% 92% 64% 70%
April 2026 63% 97% 65% 70%

Red: worse than England. Amber: better than England, but misses the national standard. Green: better than England and meets the standard. Black: about the same as England.

Each figure is compared with England for the same month. National standards: 75% told within 28 days, 96% treated within 31 days of the decision to treat, 85% treated within 62 days of an urgent referral.

Official NHS figures

Treated within 62 days, by type of cancer

Type of cancerPatientsWithin 62 daysEngland
Breast2527%71%
Lung2351%62%
Other urological2157%61%
Prostate2891%71%

Red: worse than England. Amber: better than England, but misses the national standard. Green: better than England and meets the standard. Black: about the same as England. The standard is 85%.

Types with fewer than 20 patients in the month are left out, because one or two patients would swing the percentage. Some cancers need more tests before treatment can safely start, so types are not directly comparable with each other.

What isn't published

These figures stop when treatment starts. Nothing is published about treatment sessions that are cancelled or cut short on the day, or about how long patients wait for each session once treatment is under way.

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