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University Hospital Aintree

Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL · Run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 18 July 2025 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
60.5%
Better than 14% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
14.0 wks
Better than 16% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
60,427
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
697
Better than 31% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
67.9%
Better than 26% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
26,550
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
1,229
Better than 2% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Surgicals8,83955.1%16.2 wks234
Ophthalmology7,34975.3%9.8 wks0
Gastroenterology6,52960.9%14.9 wks5
Ear Nose and Throat5,24152.8%16.7 wks111
Trauma and Orthopaedic4,59652.9%17.0 wks163
Oral Surgery4,23649.9%18.0 wks81
Other - Medicals4,08667.6%11.4 wks7
Dermatology3,81665.1%11.9 wks2
Other - Others3,50063.0%12.2 wks0
Urology3,42850.6%17.8 wks28
Cardiology2,84375.5%10.4 wks17
General Surgery1,97042.4%21.0 wks43
Respiratory Medicine1,29687.9%9.0 wks0
Elderly Medicine1,04456.7%15.7 wks0
Other - Paediatrics92254.3%14.9 wks6
Rheumatology48784.2%9.3 wks0
Plastic Surgery21021.9%28.5 wks0
General Internal Medicine35100.0%1.9 wks0

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.