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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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How to read these chartsEach measure uses its own NHS England standard

Against the national standards

Each measure is drawn against its own NHS England standard: 95% for A&E within four hours, 85% for urgent cancer treatment within sixty-two days and 99% for diagnostic tests within six weeks. The charts do not share a standard and the three cancer measures are never added together.

Care Quality Commission

When CQC last rated this body

CQC has not rated Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 3 July 2019. Its judgements from then are still on CQC’s own site and are not shown here, because a rating more than 3 years old is not what CQC currently says about a body.

Read what CQC publishes on its own site

Monthly performance against national standards

Hover or use the arrow keys to read any month, with the figures the percentage was worked out from. Every chart opens as a table.

A&E Wait Times

Patients seen within four hours

Not reported by this body.The standard is 95% of attendances.

Waiting times (RTT)

Referral to treatment: waiting under eighteen weeks to start treatment

78.1%

Jul 2026

4,369 of 5,591 people waiting

−0.4 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 92% standard · −13.9 points

60%80%100%92% standardJul 2025Sept 2025Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 78.1 per cent, 4,369 of 5,591 people waiting. Below the 92% standard.

All 14 months as a table
Waiting times (RTT) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf people waiting
Jul 202678.1%, Below the 92% standard4,369 of 5,591
Jun 202678.5%, Below the 92% standard4,450 of 5,667
May 202678.0%, Below the 92% standard4,522 of 5,796
Apr 202678.9%, Below the 92% standard4,745 of 6,015
Mar 202679.5%, Below the 92% standard4,794 of 6,034
Feb 202678.3%, Below the 92% standard4,665 of 5,960
Jan 202678.7%, Below the 92% standard4,519 of 5,743
Dec 202579.0%, Below the 92% standard4,417 of 5,593
Nov 202576.5%, Below the 92% standard4,213 of 5,504
Oct 202578.1%, Below the 92% standard4,325 of 5,540
Sept 202576.5%, Below the 92% standard4,213 of 5,504
Aug 202574.3%, Below the 92% standard4,166 of 5,609
Jul 202572.7%, Below the 92% standard4,168 of 5,732
Jun 202572.3%, Below the 92% standard4,157 of 5,751
Incomplete pathways: people still waiting, not those already treated. NHS England monthly RTT data

Diagnostic tests (DM01)

Waiting under six weeks for a scan, a scope or a test

96.0%

Jul 2026

3,362 of 3,502 people waiting

+2.7 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 99% standard · −3.0 points

80%90%100%99% standardApr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 96.0 per cent, 3,362 of 3,502 people waiting. Below the 99% standard.

All 4 months as a table
Diagnostic tests (DM01) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf people waiting
Jul 202696.0%, Below the 99% standard3,362 of 3,502
Jun 202693.3%, Below the 99% standard3,383 of 3,625
May 202692.7%, Below the 99% standard3,289 of 3,549
Apr 202692.4%, Below the 99% standard3,115 of 3,370
Fifteen test types together, from MRI to endoscopy. NHS England monthly diagnostics data

Cancer diagnosis (FDS)

Faster diagnosis standard: told the outcome within twenty-eight days

45.3%

Jul 2026

24 of 53 referrals

−14.7 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 75% standard · −29.7 points

20%55%90%75% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 45.3 per cent, 24 of 53 referrals. Below the 75% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer diagnosis (FDS) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf referrals
Jul 202645.3%, Below the 75% standard24 of 53
Jun 202660.0%, Below the 75% standard21 of 35
May 202666.7%, Below the 75% standard18 of 27
Apr 202677.8%, Meets the 75% standard7 of 9
Mar 202640.0%, Below the 75% standard8 of 20
Feb 202657.9%, Below the 75% standard11 of 19
Jan 202633.3%, Below the 75% standard8 of 24
Told whether they have cancer, not treated for it. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times

Cancer (31-day)

Decision to treat to first treatment within thirty-one days

100.0%

Jul 2026

56 of 56 treatments

Level since Jun 2026

Meets the 96% standard · +4.0 points

90%95%100%96% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 100.0 per cent, 56 of 56 treatments. Meets the 96% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer (31-day) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf treatments
Jul 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard56 of 56
Jun 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard56 of 56
May 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard61 of 61
Apr 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard53 of 53
Mar 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard61 of 61
Feb 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard52 of 52
Jan 2026100.0%, Meets the 96% standard53 of 53
Starts at the decision to treat, so it excludes the wait to diagnose. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times

Cancer (62-day)

Urgent referral to first treatment within sixty-two days

73.7%

Jul 2026

21 of 28.5 treatments

−2.1 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 85% standard · −11.3 points

60%80%100%85% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 73.7 per cent, 21 of 28.5 treatments. Below the 85% standard.

All 7 months as a table
Cancer (62-day) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf treatments
Jul 202673.7%, Below the 85% standard21 of 28.5
Jun 202675.8%, Below the 85% standard23.5 of 31
May 202670.4%, Below the 85% standard19 of 27
Apr 202688.9%, Meets the 85% standard20 of 22.5
Mar 202669.7%, Below the 85% standard23 of 33
Feb 202678.0%, Below the 85% standard23 of 29.5
Jan 202693.2%, Meets the 85% standard20.5 of 22
The standard usually meant by 'the cancer target'. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times

One measure is marked as not reported. NHS England publishes each of these against the providers that deliver the service, so an absence is usually the kind of body rather than a figure we have failed to collect.