Kingston Hospital has been rated 11 out of 134 trusts in England for meeting cancer care targets, according to a new tracker by BBC.

The tracker provides a search engine to view the ratings of NHS trusts in England according to targets met in A&E, cancer care, and non-emergency treatment.

Kingston Hospital ranked in the top 30 per cent in all three areas.

The Trust ranked 11 out of 134 in cancer care, putting it in the top eight per cent in the country and ten per cent above average.

However, the hospital has dropped 3.6 percentage points since last year.

For A&E, Kingston Hospital ranked 40 out of 134, which puts it just in the top 30 per cent of trusts.

At 91.7 per cent this is two per cent above average, but does not reach the target of 95 per cent of patients treated or admitted in four hours.

For planned operation and care, also known as non-emergency treatment, the Trust ranked 11th, delivering 94.5 per cent of treatments within 18 weeks.

The targets only measure patient treatment time, not care quality, and although the hospital ‘requires improvement’ in its latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report, it is rated ‘good’ for quality of care.

Sally Brittain, director of nursing and quality at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Kingston Hospital has achieved strong performance with the key national targets.

“In particular we are really proud of consistently achieving all the cancer targets and in our ability to treat over 94 per cent of our patients within 18 weeks of their GP referring them.

“Although performance against the four hour A&E standard remains a challenge in light of increasing attendances within our Emergency Department, particularly from older people in our local community, we remain totally focussed on providing the highest quality of care to all our patients.”