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Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Grimsby, DN33 2BA · Compare with another trust

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
59.8% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
67.7% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
64.1% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
33.5% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust reported 16,330 A&E attendances in August 2026, with 67.7% of patients seen within four hours. In July 2026, the trust had 42,582 patients on its waiting list, and 59.8% were treated within 18 weeks of referral.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 11 September 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Hospitals run by this trust

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
59.8%
National median: 66.0%
▼ 0.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 12% of trustsData: Jul 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.4 wks
National median: 11.8 wks
▲ 0.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 19% of trustsData: Jul 2026
Patients on the waiting list
42,582
National median: 39,678.5
▲ 3,468 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
Waiting over a year
1,408
National median: 365
▲ 513 vs yr agoBetter than 15% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
67.7%
National median: 73.7%
▼ 5.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 23% of trustsData: Aug 2026
A&E attendances
16,330
National median: 13,965
▲ 169 vs yr agoData: Aug 2026
12-hour trolley waits
798
National median: 200
▲ 204 vs yr agoBetter than 11% of trustsData: Aug 2026

A&E performance

Latest month: August 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
16,330
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
67.7%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
798
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
5,633
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
10,381
Seen within 4 hours
49.8%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)16,33067.7%
Type 1 — major A&E10,38149.8%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC5,94998.8%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
64.0%
989 of 1,545 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
64.1%
106 of 165 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
94.1%
241 of 256 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%64.1%51.7%April 202547.8%May 202552.5%June 202558.5%July 202572.0%August 202558.9%September 202567.2%October 202570.4%November 202566.0%December 202562.1%January 202663.3%February 202674.2%March 202665.0%April 202664.0%May 202664.1%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%64.0%57.5%April 202560.3%May 202560.7%June 202565.0%July 202564.3%August 202566.7%September 202570.8%October 202575.6%November 202573.8%December 202562.2%January 202669.9%February 202666.4%March 202663.0%April 202658.5%May 202664.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%92.5%95%97.5%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%94.1%93.4%April 202596.8%May 202596.5%June 202593.7%July 202595.1%August 202594.9%September 202595.5%October 202597.3%November 202598.7%December 202590.8%January 202696.0%February 202698.1%March 202697.1%April 202692.2%May 202694.1%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Latest month: July 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
98.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
0.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
543
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
5.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
60.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
36.0%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
25
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
0.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
49.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 0.5 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.46
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
48.7%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
152
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
19
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
12.5%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
94.7%
522 occupied of 551 open
Adult critical care occupancy
78.6%
11 occupied of 14 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
42.9%
of 15,748 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
22.8%
of 15,748 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
80
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
18%
of 686 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
6
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 132 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
44.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
132
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.1/10
Worse than most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
9.0/10
Better than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Diana Princess of Wales Hospital Grimsby
D50.8/100
Humber Coast and Vale
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyC
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance C
Scunthorpe General Hospital
C62.5/100
Humber Coast and Vale
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityB
Therapy frequencyC
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust · National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of hip-fracture care PROCESSES at each hospital this trust runs.

Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalBest-practice 56.8%288 cases
Scunthorpe General HospitalBest-practice 56.3%245 cases

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 469 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
39.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
469
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.0/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.2/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.6/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.6/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.5/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 357 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
29.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
357
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.8/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.3/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.6/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.6/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.5/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.9/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 227 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
—
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
227
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
75%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
80%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
73%
National average: 80%
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
82%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
92%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
77%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
64%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
87%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
40%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
20.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.2
Patients
133
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.40
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.1
Patients
174
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.31
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Latest month: July 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
33.5%
of 18,446 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Colonoscopy1,42756.8%811405
Audiology2,19756.3%1,236518
Gastroscopy1,23554.7%676343
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy46354.4%252109
Neurophysiology69646.7%325145
MRI4,27644.2%1,889440
DEXA Scan66133.0%21816
Urodynamics5119.6%100
Ultrasound4,38711.8%5182
Cardiology95411.7%11214
Cystoscopy2386.7%165
CT scan1,7716.5%1150
Barium Enema904.4%40
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
30%40%Apr 25Jan 2633.5%35.2%April 202535.1%May 202533.6%June 202535.1%July 202538.7%August 202535.9%September 202538.4%October 202541.5%November 202546.4%December 202546.5%January 202637.2%February 202629.9%March 202633.0%April 202634.4%May 202632.6%June 202633.5%July 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia132
C. difficile5630
E. coli bacteraemia26150
MSSA bacteraemia7520
Klebsiella bacteraemia9629
Pseudomonas bacteraemia3312
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 26178December 20237January 20248February 202410March 202412April 20248May 202410June 202415July 202411August 20246September 202410October 20245November 202412December 202412January 202510February 202511March 202511April 20257May 202511June 20259July 202513August 20259September 202518October 202515November 202514December 20257January 202612February 202611March 20269April 20268May 202610June 202617July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Apr 2026.

As expected
0.99
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,355 deaths vs 2,365 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.991.12December 20181.14January 20191.14February 20191.16March 20191.17April 20191.18May 20191.19June 20191.18July 20191.18August 20191.17September 20191.18October 20191.18November 20191.16December 20191.15January 20201.13February 20201.11March 20201.10April 20201.07May 20201.06June 20201.05July 20201.05August 20201.06September 20201.07October 20201.07November 20201.06December 20201.06January 20211.05February 20211.09March 20211.08April 20211.09May 20211.09June 20211.09July 20211.08August 20211.07September 20211.06October 20211.06November 20211.04December 20211.04January 20221.04February 20221.03March 20221.04April 20221.02May 20221.03June 20221.03July 20221.01August 20221.03September 20221.03October 20221.01November 20221.03December 20221.02January 20231.02February 20231.03March 20231.03April 20231.03May 20231.03June 20231.02July 20231.02August 20231.02September 20231.00October 20231.01November 20231.01December 20231.00January 20241.00February 20240.99March 20240.98April 20240.99May 20240.97June 20240.88July 20240.85August 20240.90September 20240.98October 20240.99November 20241.01December 20241.03January 20251.03February 20251.02March 20251.01April 20251.00May 20251.02June 20251.02July 20251.03August 20251.02September 20251.01October 20251.00November 20251.00December 20250.98January 20260.98February 20260.99March 20260.99April 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Data: July 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
General Surgery6,05161.4%12.4 wks40.6 wks8510
Ear Nose and Throat5,70159.5%14.0 wks44.3 wks219130
Gynaecology4,95255.0%15.3 wks44.3 wks180110
Other - Medicals4,46150.7%17.7 wks47.4 wks26050
Gastroenterology4,22740.2%23.7 wks55.8 wks514632
Urology3,67467.6%10.5 wks37.4 wks2600
Ophthalmology2,96680.4%8.3 wks25.7 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,80461.3%13.6 wks41.1 wks5410
Cardiology2,16171.2%10.6 wks32.5 wks700
Respiratory Medicine1,36469.1%10.1 wks34.5 wks1810
Rheumatology1,06549.7%18.1 wks39.7 wks000
Oral Surgery1,00662.4%11.7 wks39.6 wks2910
Other - Paediatrics73946.0%20.0 wks38.7 wks300
Other - Surgicals63989.5%3.5 wks20.7 wks500
Other - Others36244.2%20.6 wks44.6 wks820
Elderly Medicine32589.5%6.4 wks20.3 wks000
General Internal Medicine7584.0%9.5 wks26.5 wks000
Neurology425.0%19.0 wks44.7 wks000
Dermatology475.0%1.0 wks22.7 wks000
Neurosurgical10.0%21.5 wks21.9 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery10.0%20.5 wks20.9 wks000

Figures come from NHS England's official monthly statistics and the CQC directory, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions.