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NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board

integrated care board · England · code QNC

This page reports published statistics; it is not medical advice and does not rate the trust.

NHS England counted 149,128 referral-to-treatment pathways waiting at NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board at the end of August 2026. That is up 7% from 139,016 in August 2025. It is the highest figure in the 13 periods shown here.

At the end of August 2026, 63.6% of the pathways waiting at NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board had been waiting under 18 weeks, according to NHS England. That is 0.4 percentage points higher than in August 2025 (63.2%). That is 28.4 points below the 92% the standard sets out.

In August 2026, 71.0% of patients on the 62-day cancer pathway at NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board started treatment within 62 days, NHS England reports. That is 5.2 percentage points higher than in April 2025 (65.8%). It is the highest figure in the 17 periods shown here. That is 14.0 points below the 85% the standard sets out.

At the end of August 2026, 25.8% of the people on the diagnostic waiting list at NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board had been waiting six weeks or more, NHS England reports. That is 3.6 percentage points lower than in August 2025 (29.4%).

Planned care waiting times

Waiting list (referral to treatment)
149,128
August 2026 · NHS England
Incomplete pathways: a person waiting for two treatments counts twice.
Waiting under 18 weeks
63.6%
August 2026 · NHS England
Standard: NHS England reports waiting times against the 92% standard: 92% of patients waiting to start treatment should have waited less than 18 weeks. Source
Waiting more than 52 weeks
2,761
August 2026 · NHS England
149k136k August 2025August 2026
66.0%0.0% August 2025August 2026
2,8272,108 August 2025August 2026
Waiting list (referral to treatment)
August 2025139,016
September 2025137,308
October 2025137,980
November 2025135,827
December 2025136,441
January 2026138,727
February 2026138,279
March 2026137,295
April 2026141,411
May 2026142,562
June 2026144,241
July 2026146,883
August 2026149,128
Waiting under 18 weeks
August 202563.2%
September 202564.3%
October 202564.2%
November 202564.1%
December 202563.1%
January 202662.8%
February 202662.9%
March 202666.0%
April 202665.7%
May 202665.6%
June 202665.4%
July 202664.4%
August 202663.6%
Waiting more than 52 weeks
August 20252,827
September 20252,622
October 20252,491
November 20252,285
December 20252,342
January 20262,409
February 20262,530
March 20262,108
April 20262,275
May 20262,270
June 20262,263
July 20262,478
August 20262,761

Cancer waiting times

Cancer: told within 28 days (Faster Diagnosis Standard)
81.0%
August 2026 · NHS England
Standard: NHS England: the operational standard is that 80% of people are told they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out, within 28 days of an urgent referral. Source
Cancer: treated within 31 days of decision to treat
94.5%
August 2026 · NHS England
Standard: NHS England: the operational standard is that 96% of people begin treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat. Source
Cancer: treated within 62 days
71.0%
August 2026 · NHS England
Standard: NHS England: the operational standard is that 85% of people begin first definitive treatment within 62 days. Source
81.5%0.0% April 2025August 2026
94.6%0.0% April 2025August 2026
71.0%0.0% April 2025August 2026
Cancer: told within 28 days (Faster Diagnosis Standard)
April 202575.1%
May 202575.8%
June 202577.2%
July 202578.4%
August 202576.7%
September 202573.0%
October 202574.4%
November 202576.9%
December 202579.4%
January 202672.8%
February 202681.5%
March 202679.4%
April 202679.3%
May 202676.8%
June 202678.9%
July 202679.2%
August 202681.0%
Cancer: treated within 31 days of decision to treat
April 202592.8%
May 202591.5%
June 202593.5%
July 202593.3%
August 202592.2%
September 202590.4%
October 202591.2%
November 202590.7%
December 202591.8%
January 202691.6%
February 202694.1%
March 202694.6%
April 202691.9%
May 202691.5%
June 202692.1%
July 202693.1%
August 202694.5%
Cancer: treated within 62 days
April 202565.8%
May 202565.4%
June 202568.2%
July 202570.6%
August 202566.1%
September 202564.8%
October 202562.6%
November 202561.5%
December 202568.4%
January 202661.7%
February 202663.0%
March 202670.1%
April 202665.0%
May 202668.4%
June 202661.9%
July 202666.6%
August 202671.0%

Diagnostic tests

Waiting six weeks or more for a diagnostic test
25.8%
August 2026 · NHS England
Standard: NHS England: the operational standard is that less than 1% of patients should wait six weeks or more for a diagnostic test. Source
Diagnostic waiting list
33,709
August 2026 · NHS England
29.4%0.0% August 2025August 2026
36k31k August 2025August 2026
Waiting six weeks or more for a diagnostic test
August 202529.4%
September 202527.0%
October 202524.1%
November 202521.3%
December 202524.4%
January 202624.2%
February 202618.6%
March 202620.1%
April 202622.7%
May 202621.2%
June 202622.0%
July 202624.2%
August 202625.8%
Diagnostic waiting list
August 202535,333
September 202533,445
October 202533,077
November 202530,988
December 202531,453
January 202633,694
February 202634,919
March 202630,689
April 202636,307
May 202634,695
June 202633,303
July 202634,182
August 202633,709

Comparing the UK nations

England measures planned-care waits from referral to treatment against an 18-week standard, and diagnostic waits against six weeks. Scotland and Wales measure differently, so their figures are not directly comparable (NHS England notes that each UK country has its own targets and standards).

Local areas

Council areas linked to this organisation: Cannock Chase · East Staffordshire · Lichfield · Newcastle-under-Lyme · South Staffordshire · Stafford · Staffordshire Moorlands · Stoke-on-Trent · Tamworth

Where NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board sits in the ladder of power

The bodies above NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board and the council areas it serves. How the ten levels work.

  1. Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors

    • NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board this page

  2. Level 6: National government

  3. Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies

  4. Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies

  5. Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance

    • International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
    • World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.

  6. Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums

    • G7 The UK is one of the seven members.
    • G20 The UK is a G20 member.

Related figures

NHS waiting list (England) · NHS employment

Sources

NHS trusts and health boards · how these figures are presented · built 15 October 2026