Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust reported 1,654 A&E attendances in September 2026, with 88.6% of patients treated within four hours. In August 2026, the trust had 10,814 patients on its waiting list, and 61.3% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 69.8% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated there in the 2025 NHS Staff Survey.
Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 8 October 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries
▲ 15.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 22% of trustsData: Aug 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.1 wks
National median: 12.2 wks
▼ 7.2 wks vs yr agoBetter than 27% of trustsData: Aug 2026
Patients on the waiting list
10,814
National median: 39,285
▼ 5,753 vs yr agoData: Aug 2026
Waiting over a year
127
National median: 364
▼ 1,266 vs yr agoBetter than 66% of trustsData: Aug 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
88.6%
National median: 73.3%
▼ 4.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Sep 2026
A&E attendances
1,654
National median: 14,631
▲ 193 vs yr agoData: Sep 2026
12-hour trolley waits
0
National median: 228
Better than 83% of trustsData: Sep 2026
Performance over time
Official monthly statistics · hover a month for the exact figure
Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
Monthly data table
Month
Waiting list
Under 18 weeks
A&E within 4 hours
Sept 2026
—
—
88.6%
Aug 2026
10,814
61.3%
91.7%
Jul 2026
11,389
63.8%
91.7%
Jun 2026
11,439
63.8%
89.1%
May 2026
11,346
62.9%
91.0%
Apr 2026
11,606
61.0%
81.9%
Mar 2026
11,638
60.1%
87.4%
Feb 2026
13,137
50.9%
89.1%
Jan 2026
13,458
48.9%
89.6%
Dec 2025
14,129
49.8%
87.0%
Nov 2025
14,203
48.8%
80.7%
Oct 2025
15,337
47.9%
83.3%
Sept 2025
17,035
46.7%
93.5%
Aug 2025
16,567
45.9%
91.3%
Jul 2025
16,410
46.3%
88.6%
Jun 2025
16,290
48.9%
92.6%
May 2025
16,106
50.9%
86.5%
Apr 2025
16,576
50.2%
88.1%
Mar 2025
16,348
50.9%
88.4%
Feb 2025
16,436
51.1%
87.4%
Jan 2025
16,676
50.7%
89.2%
Dec 2024
16,695
51.3%
88.1%
Nov 2024
16,334
52.4%
90.8%
Oct 2024
16,091
52.0%
89.8%
Sept 2024
16,341
51.2%
81.3%
Aug 2024
16,466
49.6%
87.6%
Jul 2024
16,675
49.2%
91.0%
Jun 2024
17,623
47.4%
90.0%
May 2024
18,221
47.1%
87.4%
Apr 2024
18,007
45.7%
90.1%
Mar 2024
18,317
45.4%
90.4%
Feb 2024
19,125
46.0%
82.8%
Jan 2024
18,724
45.0%
85.2%
Dec 2023
19,444
45.5%
90.5%
Nov 2023
20,311
48.8%
88.3%
Oct 2023
20,561
48.2%
83.1%
Sept 2023
19,949
48.9%
91.1%
Aug 2023
19,735
50.4%
91.1%
Jul 2023
18,405
49.2%
90.7%
Jun 2023
16,817
46.3%
94.8%
May 2023
17,625
45.1%
92.8%
Apr 2023
17,444
43.9%
87.9%
Mar 2023
—
—
82.7%
Feb 2023
—
—
85.1%
Jan 2023
—
—
87.3%
Dec 2022
—
—
87.2%
Nov 2022
—
—
93.1%
Oct 2022
—
—
87.0%
Sept 2022
—
—
89.6%
Aug 2022
—
—
89.8%
Jul 2022
—
—
89.0%
Jun 2022
—
—
91.7%
May 2022
—
—
92.4%
Apr 2022
—
—
90.4%
Mar 2022
14,295
48.3%
89.8%
Feb 2022
13,785
49.4%
94.0%
Jan 2022
13,326
49.9%
97.0%
Dec 2021
12,864
50.7%
95.4%
Nov 2021
12,600
54.6%
98.6%
Oct 2021
12,312
55.8%
96.5%
Sept 2021
12,240
61.1%
97.3%
Aug 2021
11,724
67.4%
96.1%
Jul 2021
11,618
68.6%
95.9%
Jun 2021
11,445
67.4%
96.3%
May 2021
11,025
69.2%
96.6%
Apr 2021
10,716
67.4%
97.6%
Mar 2021
—
—
94.8%
Feb 2021
—
—
88.6%
Jan 2021
—
—
95.9%
Dec 2020
—
—
96.6%
Nov 2020
—
—
98.1%
Oct 2020
—
—
97.9%
Sept 2020
—
—
97.4%
Aug 2020
—
—
97.5%
Jul 2020
—
—
98.1%
Jun 2020
—
—
100.0%
May 2020
—
—
99.8%
Apr 2020
—
—
100.0%
Sources: NHS England Referral to Treatment and A&E monthly statistics.
A&E performance
Latest month: September 2026 · all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.
A&E attendances
1,654
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
88.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
138
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 type
Attendances
Within 4 hours
All types (official headline)
1,654
88.6%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E
1,654
88.6%
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Cancer waiting times
Latest month: August 2026.
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
73.8%
256 of 347 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
68.4%
13 of 19 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
91.9%
34 of 37 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
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: August 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.
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
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 days of 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 Commission — CQC 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: August 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
7.9%
of 831 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
Test
Waiting list
6+ weeks
6+ weeks (count)
13+ weeks
Ultrasound
667
8.2%
55
5
DEXA Scan
101
4.0%
4
0
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Safety: infections
Cases in the 12 months to August 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.
Infection
Cases (12 mo)
Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia
0
0
C. difficile
3
1
E. coli bacteraemia
12
6
MSSA bacteraemia
3
3
Klebsiella bacteraemia
6
5
Pseudomonas bacteraemia
2
1
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Data: August 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)
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.