Shelford Group Performance Dashboard
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Key Performance Indicators – Shelford Group Averages
Source: A&E from NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions, September 2026. RTT from NHS England RTT Waiting Times, August 2026 (Sheffield excluded — see RTT page for detail). Cancer from NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, August 2026 (provisional). Figures are averages across all 10 Shelford Group trusts unless noted.
Trust Performance Comparison
Source: A&E from September 2026; RTT from August 2026 (Sheffield excluded from the average; its NHS England estimate of 66.0% is shown in the table); Cancer from August 2026.
| Trust | A&E 4hr (%) | RTT 18wk (%) | Cancer 62d (%) |
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NHS Oversight Framework – Q1 2026/27
Source: NHS England Oversight Framework Acute Trust Data, Q1 2026/27 (metrics as at varying underlying periods — see individual metric notes; staff survey metrics remain 2025 survey basis). Segment 1 = highest performing, Segment 4 = requires most improvement. Scores range from 1 (best) to 4 (worst). NHS England refreshed its metric ID scheme this quarter (e.g. the overall segment/score IDs moved from OF5000/OF5002 to OF5200/OF5202); mappings were re-verified against metric descriptions before use, not carried over from the previous file.
Overall Segmentation
NHS England ranks every acute provider against all 134 acute trusts, a group that includes specialist, small and multi-service trusts. All ten Shelford members are classified Acute – Teaching, of which there are 49 in the Q1 2026/27 file. The peer rank below is computed by the Shelford secretariat from that same file, using NHS England's own ordering method (segment first, then average metric score, tied organisations sharing the higher rank), restricted to the teaching subtype. The national rank and score are NHS England's published figures (metrics OF5200 / OF5202), not recalculated.
| Trust | Segment | Overall Score | Rank of 49 teaching trusts | Rank of 134 acute trusts |
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| Imperial | Segment 1 | 1.87 | 1 | 13 |
| UCLH | Segment 1 | 1.91 | 4 | 18 |
| GSTT | Segment 2 | 2.12 | 6 | 25 |
| Manchester | Segment 2 | 2.24 | 8 | 29 |
| Cambridge | Segment 2 | 2.26 | 9 | 30 |
| Newcastle | Segment 2 | 2.28 | 10 | 31 |
| Oxford | Segment 3 | 2.34 | 16 | 55 |
| Sheffield | Segment 3 | 2.39 | 18 | 64 |
| King's | Segment 3 | 2.50 | 24 | 81 |
| Birmingham | Segment 3 | 2.73 | 38 | 109 |
Domain Segmentation Heatmap
Each cell shows the domain segment (1–4). Lighter shading indicates stronger performance. Click any column header to sort.
| Trust | Overall | Access | Effectiveness | Finance | Safety | People |
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Domain Score Profiles
Source: NHS England Oversight Framework Q1 2026/27. Lower scores = better performance. Select trusts to compare.
National Ranking – Key Metrics
Source: NHS England (various). RTT, A&E, Cancer and FDS from Oversight Framework Q1 2026/27 (underlying periods vary by metric — Mar 2026 for RTT, Q4 2025/26 for A&E/Cancer/FDS; Sheffield RTT not published in this metric — see note below). Sickness from ESR, Q3 2025/26 (not yet refreshed to May 2026 — see note below). Staff engagement from NHS Staff Survey 2024 (unchanged from the last update — the NOF file's own values are identical, despite the file itself labelling this metric "2025"; the Workforce page confirms the 2024 survey is still the current basis). Two benchmark sets are available via the toggle above the chart: NHS England's published median and quartiles across all 134 acute trusts, and a Shelford-computed set across the 49 acute teaching trusts only, derived from the same Q1 2026/27 file. The teaching-trust figures are our own calculation, not an NHS England publication. Note: NOF metric values are from Q1 2026/27 and may differ from the latest monthly figures shown elsewhere on this dashboard.