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Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool, L8 7SS · 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
63.8% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
91.7% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
71.4% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
3.9% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust reported 1,584 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 91.7% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 11,439 patients on its waiting list, and 63.8% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 69.8% of employees would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 17 August 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
63.8%
National median: 66.3%
14.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 31% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.0 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
5.6 wks vs yr agoBetter than 30% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
11,439
National median: 39,587
4,851 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
165
National median: 358.5
417 vs yr agoBetter than 62% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
91.7%
National median: 74.2%
3.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
1,584
National median: 14,642
12 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
0
National median: 194
Better than 81% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
1,584
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
91.7%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
137
All department types · latest month

This trust does not run a separate major (Type 1) A&E department — the figures above are for its single-specialty A&E — Type 2 in NHS England’s classification (e.g. a standalone eye or dental A&E), not a minor-injury unit.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)1,58491.7%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,58491.7%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
73.0%
298 of 408 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
71.4%
13 of 18 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
86.4%
38 of 44 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
20%40%60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%71.4%48.9%April 202525.5%May 202544.2%June 202546.7%July 202543.2%August 202536.5%September 202549.0%October 202556.1%November 202551.9%December 202541.9%January 202663.8%February 202662.5%March 202655.8%April 202643.2%May 202671.4%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%73.0%74.6%April 202561.4%May 202555.1%June 202560.2%July 202565.0%August 202566.0%September 202564.2%October 202567.0%November 202563.1%December 202566.8%January 202672.0%February 202675.4%March 202679.0%April 202674.8%May 202673.0%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
70%80%90%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%86.4%77.8%April 202586.1%May 202578.4%June 202588.0%July 202569.4%August 202583.8%September 202594.7%October 202596.9%November 202593.2%December 202584.1%January 202689.2%February 202682.5%March 202685.7%April 202680.6%May 202686.4%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: June 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
92.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
4.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
185
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
32.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
74.7%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
12.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
95
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.5%
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
69.8%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.5 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.65
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
54.7%
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
34
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
9
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
26.5%
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
62.5%
15 occupied of 24 open
Adult critical care occupancy
50.0%
1 occupied of 2 open

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. 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 160 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
32.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
160
Of 493 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.5/10
Better than most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
9.1/10
Better than most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.5/10
Worse than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. 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 344 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
40.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
344
Of 864 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.3/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.3/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.4/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.7/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
8.0/10
National average: 7.2/10
Better than the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.8/10
National average: 9.4/10
Better than the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.5/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
7.2/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Adult Inpatient Survey. 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 24 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
24
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.9/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
90%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
79%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
87%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
70%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
85%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
81%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
79%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
83%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
44%
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

Diagnostic test waits

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

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
3.9%
of 737 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Ultrasound6013.3%203
DEXA Scan660.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%Apr 25Jan 263.9%10.0%April 202517.5%May 202511.3%June 202513.2%July 202520.4%August 202515.8%September 20259.4%October 20255.8%November 20259.8%December 20259.7%January 20267.0%February 20264.3%March 20268.2%April 20266.5%May 20263.9%June 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 bacteraemia00
C. difficile31
E. coli bacteraemia126
MSSA bacteraemia44
Klebsiella bacteraemia76
Pseudomonas bacteraemia21
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
024Dec 23Jan 25Jan 2631December 20230January 20241February 20240March 20241April 20240May 20240June 20241July 20240August 20242September 20241October 20240November 20242December 20242January 20254February 20251March 20250April 20251May 20250June 20250July 20252August 20250September 20252October 20252November 20252December 20251January 20263February 20260March 20262April 20261May 20260June 20263July 2026

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

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Gynaecology10,16461.9%13.5 wks40.3 wks16560
Other - Others1,27578.6%9.8 wks23.6 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.