Mixed bag for NHS Ayrshire & Arran patient targets
NHS Ayrshire & Arran continue to struggle badly to meet some key patient targets although there are some signs of recovery, especially for cancer treatment.
Performance against the 12-week 95 per cent National target/standard for new outpatients has continued on a decreasing trend from 36.9 per cent in March to 35.4 per cent in June.
The board continue to report lower levels of compliance compared to the Scottish average although data from Public Health Scotland is only available up to March.
The overall total number of patients waiting continues to show an increasing trend, from 55,279 in December 2024 to 56,475 in June.
This is, however, a reduction from 56,543 in May - demonstrating improvement.
The number waiting over 52 weeks has fallen from 11,450 in May 2025 to 11,214 in June.
This exceeds, and fails to meet, the delivery plan trajectory of fewer than 9.434 waiting, however has improved since May.
Compliance against the 12-week 100 per cent National target/standard for Inpatients/Day Cases (completed waits) has decreased from a three-year high of 59.4 per cent in May to 55.5 per cent in June.
NHS Ayrshire & Arran report lower levels of compliance compared to the Scottish average although data from Public Health Scotland is only available up to March.
Following a decreasing trend from a high of 8,227 at March 2024, to 7,610 at February, the overall total waiting list for Inpatient/Day Case treatment increased to 7,814 in June.
This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 7,791 waiting.
The number waiting over 52 weeks for inpatient/Day Case treatment continues to show an increasing trend from 1,682 in April to 1,723 in June.
This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 1,285 waiting.
Performance against the six-week National target/standard of 100 per cent for Imaging has shown a worsening position, from 88.9% at February 2025 to 66.4 per cent in May.
NHS Ayrshire & Arran continued to report higher levels of compliance compared to the Scottish average. The overall waiting list for Imaging has continued to increase from a low of 3,715 in November to 6,847 in May.
This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 5,859 patients waiting.
The number waiting over six weeks for Imaging continues to show a sharp increase from 383 in December to 2,301 in May. This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 841 waits.
Compliance against the six-week National target/standard for Endoscopy continues to show a decreasing trend, from 52.2 per cent in August 2024 to 38.9 per cent in May.
The overall waiting list for Endoscopy has risen to 2,416 in May. This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 2,197 patients waiting.
The number waiting over six weeks for Endoscopy continues to show an increasing trend from 1,423 in April 2025 to 1,476 in May. This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan.
The number waiting over six weeks for Endoscopy continues to show an increasing trend from 1,423 in April to 1,476 in May. This exceeds, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of fewer than 1,306 waits.
Performance against the 62-day 95 per cent cancer target/standard has shown an increase from 51.5 per cent in April to 56.4 per cent in May.
This is lower than, and fails to meet, the Delivery Plan trajectory of 79 per cent.
The latest national benchmarking data for March indicated that NHS Ayrshire & Arran was at that point reporting higher levels of compliance compared to the Scottish average.
Performance against the 31-day 95 per cent cancer target/standard continues to show an increasing trend from 93.7 per cent in February to 98 per cent in May. This meets the Delivery Plan trajectory of 98 per cent.
Numbers of attendances at the Emergency Departments (EDs) in July 2024 to June 2025 increased by 0.8 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year. This equates to an additional 710 attendances overall across both ED sites.
ED 4-Hour performance for unscheduled attendances only was 63.2 per cent in June –which failed to meet the Delivery Plan trajectory of 74 per cent.
On average, 28 patients per day waited over 12 hours to be discharged, admitted, or transferred from EDs in June.
This was a decrease from a high of 32 per day in December 2024 however failed to meet the Delivery Plan trajectory of 25 or fewer per day by June.
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