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Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, L12 2AP · NHS England North (Cheshire and Merseyside)

Rated Good by the CQC. Trust-wide at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 11 weeks.

About this provider

Funding: NHS
Website: alderhey.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01512525412
CQC provider ID: RBS
CQC location ID: RBS25

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2020-07-08.

Good 3 of 4 CQC bands

Rating at each inspection

2021-04-19	Inspected but not rated
2018-06-21	Good
2017-10-05	Inspected but not rated
2015-12-23	Good
2014-08-20	Requires improvement

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. CQC uses a four-band scale and does not issue a star rating.

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this NHS trust. Select one for how it compares across the area.

Paediatricians

What patients said

The NHS Friends and Family Test asks patients whether they would recommend the service. Responses for May 2026. These figures are for Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care

95%

would recommend · 168 responses

A&E

82%

would recommend · 234 responses

Outpatient appointments

94%

would recommend · 883 responses

NHS England Friends and Family Test, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The FFT is not a formal performance measure and response rates vary between services.

Cancer waiting times

How quickly this trust diagnoses and starts treatment for people referred with a suspicion of cancer. Data for March 2026. Targets are the NHS operational standards. No English region currently meets the 62-day standard. These figures are for Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment

100%

% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%

28-day diagnosis

92%

% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%

31-day treatment

100%

% starting first treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
target 96%

NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. Provisional monthly data. Small numbers of patients can move a percentage sharply.

NHS waiting times, trust-wide

Waiting times are reported by NHS trusts, not by individual hospitals. These figures are for Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital along with its other sites. Waits at this site may differ.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment, latest published month.
Specialty	Median wait	Within 18 weeks	Patients waiting
All specialties	11 wks	69%	17,095
Paediatric services	11 wks	69%	17,095

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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