Coronary angioplasty and stents in Yorkshire and the Humber: waiting times

A coronary angioplasty widens blocked or narrowed coronary arteries, the main blood vessels supplying the heart. A small balloon stretches the artery open and usually a short wire mesh tube (a stent) is left in place. It is used for angina that medicines have not controlled, and often as an emergency treatment after a heart attack.

Hospital results for angioplasty are published by NICOR, but not under a licence that lets us reproduce them here. This page shows NHS waiting times for cardiology, the specialty that does planned angioplasty.

Hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber

14 trusts in Yorkshire and the Humber with published figures. Sorted by name. This is not a ranking: read how to read this first.

Hospital-level numbers for this specific operation are not published as open data. The activity column is context only: it shows the trust's overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K (heart) in 2025-26, from Hospital Episode Statistics, in bands. It covers many other procedures as well as this one, it is for the whole trust rather than one hospital, and it does not include private patients. It is not a count of this operation.

Coronary angioplasty and stents: trusts in Yorkshire and the Humber, Trust's overall NHS-funded activity, OPCS-4 chapter K (heart), 2025-26 (HES). Context only
TrustTrust activity (context)Trust's overall NHS-funded activity, OPCS-4 chapter K (heart), 2025-26 (HES). Context onlyKey outcomeNo hospital-level outcome data publishedWaiting timeWhole trustPatient experienceCQC rating
Airedale NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Airedale General Hospital750 to 1,499Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
More measures
  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 0.92 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 53 cases, 40.9 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 1 case FY2025-26
11.7 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 72.5% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)0.9% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.5 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Requires improvement (CQC report for Airedale General Hospital)
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Barnsley HospitalFewer than 750Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 0.98 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 35 cases, 21.3 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 0 cases FY2025-26
7.6 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 96.5% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)6.5% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.5 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Good (CQC report for Barnsley Hospital)
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Bradford Royal Infirmary, St Luke’s Hospital750 to 1,499Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.24 (Higher than expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 34 cases, 14.7 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 2 cases FY2025-26
12.2 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 71.6% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)9.6% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.1 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Bradford Royal Infirmary: Good (CQC report for Bradford Royal Infirmary)
St Luke's Hospital: Good (CQC report for St Luke's Hospital)
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Calderdale Royal Hospital, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary1,500 to 2,999Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.18 (Higher than expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 34 cases, 13.9 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 2 cases FY2025-26
9.3 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 82.2% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)50% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.3 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Calderdale Royal Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Calderdale Royal Hospital)
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: Good (CQC report for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary)
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Montagu Hospital, MexboroughFewer than 750Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.16 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 70 cases, 26.2 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 3 cases FY2025-26
9 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 82.2% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)0.8% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.4 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Doncaster Royal Infirmary: Requires improvement (CQC report for Doncaster Royal Infirmary)
Montagu Hospital, Mexborough: Requires improvement (CQC report for Montagu Hospital, Mexborough)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Harrogate District HospitalFewer than 750Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.01 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 26 cases, 25.7 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 0 cases FY2025-26
12.5 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 64% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)57.6% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.3 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Good (CQC report for Harrogate District Hospital)
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Castle Hill Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary3,000 or moreTrust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.06 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 81 cases, 20.5 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 4 cases FY2025-26
18.2 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 49.5% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)67% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.3 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Castle Hill Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Castle Hill Hospital)
Hull Royal Infirmary: Requires improvement (CQC report for Hull Royal Infirmary)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Seacroft Hospital, St James’s University Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital3,000 or moreTrust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.14 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 112 cases, 17.8 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 10 cases, 1.6 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
4.9 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 96.3% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)0.1% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.2 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Chapel Allerton Hospital: Good (CQC report for Chapel Allerton Hospital)
Leeds General Infirmary: Requires improvement (CQC report for Leeds General Infirmary)
St James's University Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for St James's University Hospital)
Wharfedale Hospital: Good (CQC report for Wharfedale Hospital)
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Dewsbury and District Hospital, Pinderfields Hospital, Pontefract Hospital1,500 to 2,999Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.09 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 59 cases, 16.1 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 4 cases FY2025-26
6 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 92.3% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)0% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.1 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Dewsbury and District Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Dewsbury and District Hospital)
Pinderfields Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Pinderfields Hospital)
Pontefract Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Pontefract Hospital)
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Goole & District Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital750 to 1,499Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.00 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 24 cases, 12.6 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 2 cases FY2025-26
11.4 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 69.5% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)7.9% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.3 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Diana Princess of Wales Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Diana Princess of Wales Hospital)
Goole & District Hospital: Good (CQC report for Goole & District Hospital)
Scunthorpe General Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for Scunthorpe General Hospital)
The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Rotherham General HospitalFewer than 750Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.16 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 41 cases, 25.7 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 0 cases FY2025-26
9.7 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 84% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)0% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.1 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Requires improvement (CQC report for Rotherham General Hospital)
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Sheffield Children’s HospitalFewer than 750Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 5 cases FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 0 cases FY2025-26
0% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)Not publishedNot Rated (CQC report for Sheffield Children's Hospital)
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Friarage Hospital, Friary Hospital3,000 or moreTrust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 1.02 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 92 cases, 29.3 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 6 cases FY2025-26
10.6 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 74.4% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)4.1% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.4 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Good (CQC report for Friarage Hospital)
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWhole trust. Hospitals: Bridlington Hospital, Scarborough Hospital, The York Hospital750 to 1,499Trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in OPCS-4 chapter K, 2025-26. Context only, not a count of this operation.No outcome data published for this operation
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  • Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), whole trust: 0.90 (As expected) 2025-06 to 2026-05
  • C. difficile infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 83 cases, 27.3 per 100,000 bed-days FY2025-26
  • MRSA bloodstream infections that started in hospital (whole trust, not adjusted for case mix): 5 cases FY2025-26
14.8 weeksHalf of people waiting for cardiology had waited less than this. 59.1% waiting under 18 weeks (August 2026)69.9% of people waiting for a echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) had waited 6 weeks or more (England 30.2%, August 2026)About the same as other trustsInpatients rated their overall experience 8.1 out of 10 (CQC Adult Inpatient Survey 2025, whole trust)Bridlington Hospital: Good (CQC report for Bridlington Hospital)
Scarborough Hospital: Good (CQC report for Scarborough Hospital)
The York Hospital: Requires improvement (CQC report for The York Hospital)

Across England

In 2025-26, NHS-funded care in England (NHS hospitals and NHS patients treated by independent providers; private patients are not included) recorded 70,147 episodes where the main procedure was coronary angioplasty with or without a stent (OPCS-4 K49 and K75). 24% were day cases. Half of the people admitted from a waiting list had waited less than about 43 days from the decision to admit them. These are national figures from Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS England, 2025-26, Open Government Licence v3.0); the same detail is not published for each hospital.

How to read this

  • Not a ranking. The table is in alphabetical order. A higher volume does not on its own mean better care, and we do not combine the columns into a score.
  • Trust activity (Hospital Episode Statistics). The bands show the trust’s overall NHS-funded activity in a whole chapter of the procedure classification (OPCS-4), for context. They are not a count of this operation, they are for the whole trust rather than one hospital, they exclude private patients, and we show bands only, not exact counts. Cut points are the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of all 117 NHS trusts in England with activity in OPCS-4 chapter K in the published table, rounded.
  • Risk adjustment. Where a figure says “adjusted”, the audit has allowed for differences in the patients each hospital treats, such as age and other illnesses. Hospitals that take on more complex cases can still look different for reasons the adjustment does not capture.
  • Bands and limits. We only say a result is higher or lower than expected when the source itself says so (for example NJR outlier status, NELA funnel limits, SSNAP levels, CQC survey bands). Where the source publishes a rate without limits we show the rate and the national figure, and say “No banding published”.
  • Small numbers. A small hospital can have 0% or a high percentage by chance. Figures the source suppresses are shown as “Not published (small numbers)”.
  • Trust or hospital. This audit publishes figures for each NHS trust, which may run several hospitals. The operation may only be done at one of them.
  • Different periods. Each figure has its own period, shown next to it. Audit results describe operations done one to three years ago; waiting times are updated monthly.
  • Talk to your GP or consultant about what the figures mean for you. If you are referred for planned care in England, you can usually choose your hospital.

Full definitions: methodology and data dictionary.

Data sources and licences

Data last updated 26 October 2026. We do not change the published figures; we only group volumes into bands. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Sources

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