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Cancer waiting times
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Official NHS England figures for August 2026.
August 2026
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- About 109 of 318 patients who started treatment that month had waited longer than 62 days since their urgent referral
- About 34 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.
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.
- South Tees Hospitals 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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| Month | South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 66% | 72% |
| July 2026 | 67% | 71% |
| June 2026 | 65% | 70% |
| May 2026 | 70% | 70% |
| April 2026 | 68% | 70% |
The three standards
| Month | Told within 28 days | Treated within 31 days | Treated within 62 days | England, 62 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 80% | 84% | 66% | 72% |
| July 2026 | 79% | 84% | 67% | 71% |
| June 2026 | 82% | 82% | 65% | 70% |
| May 2026 | 81% | 83% | 70% | 70% |
| April 2026 | 76% | 80% | 68% | 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.
Treated within 62 days, by type of cancer
| Type of cancer | Patients | Within 62 days | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other urological | 25 | 33% | 61% |
| Lung | 53 | 48% | 62% |
| Prostate | 49 | 54% | 71% |
| Breast | 21 | 66% | 71% |
| Bowel (lower gastrointestinal) | 25 | 76% | 62% |
| Skin | 62 | 98% | 87% |
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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