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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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 20 March 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

73.7%

Aug 2026

18,204 of 24,716 attendances

+0.5 pts since Jul 2026

Below the 95% standard · −21.3 points

60%80%100%95% standardMay 2025Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026

August 2026: 73.7 per cent, 18,204 of 24,716 attendances. Below the 95% standard.

All 17 months as a table
A&E Wait Times by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf attendances
Aug 202673.7%, Below the 95% standard18,204 of 24,716
Jul 202673.2%, Below the 95% standard18,926 of 25,860
Jun 202672.6%, Below the 95% standard18,448 of 25,424
May 202673.0%, Below the 95% standard18,793 of 25,748
Apr 202673.8%, Below the 95% standard18,337 of 24,859
Mar 202674.7%, Below the 95% standard19,186 of 25,674
Feb 202671.8%, Below the 95% standard16,136 of 22,484
Jan 202672.6%, Below the 95% standard17,996 of 24,785
Dec 202569.8%, Below the 95% standard17,542 of 25,148
Nov 202571.7%, Below the 95% standard17,981 of 25,093
Oct 202572.9%, Below the 95% standard19,078 of 26,163
Sept 202573.3%, Below the 95% standard17,942 of 24,489
Aug 202572.9%, Below the 95% standard17,592 of 24,136
Jul 202573.7%, Below the 95% standard19,179 of 26,036
Jun 202573.8%, Below the 95% standard18,332 of 24,823
May 202574.4%, Below the 95% standard18,940 of 25,457
Apr 202574.6%, Below the 95% standard18,158 of 24,332
Dips every January are national, not local. NHS England monthly A&E data

Waiting times (RTT)

Referral to treatment: waiting under eighteen weeks to start treatment

66.5%

Jul 2026

56,168 of 84,465 people waiting

−0.1 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 92% standard · −25.5 points

50%75%100%92% standardJul 2025Sept 2025Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 66.5 per cent, 56,168 of 84,465 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 202666.5%, Below the 92% standard56,168 of 84,465
Jun 202666.6%, Below the 92% standard54,627 of 81,973
May 202667.0%, Below the 92% standard54,278 of 80,984
Apr 202666.6%, Below the 92% standard53,032 of 79,654
Mar 202666.3%, Below the 92% standard51,495 of 77,666
Feb 202663.2%, Below the 92% standard47,698 of 75,459
Jan 202661.5%, Below the 92% standard45,310 of 73,635
Dec 202562.6%, Below the 92% standard46,754 of 74,661
Nov 202562.5%, Below the 92% standard47,361 of 75,739
Oct 202563.7%, Below the 92% standard49,300 of 77,354
Sept 202564.0%, Below the 92% standard49,841 of 77,823
Aug 202563.5%, Below the 92% standard48,810 of 76,887
Jul 202563.5%, Below the 92% standard48,530 of 76,418
Jun 202564.7%, Below the 92% standard48,650 of 75,244
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

78.8%

Jul 2026

14,428 of 18,304 people waiting

−1.8 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 99% standard · −20.2 points

70%85%100%99% standardApr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 78.8 per cent, 14,428 of 18,304 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 202678.8%, Below the 99% standard14,428 of 18,304
Jun 202680.6%, Below the 99% standard13,960 of 17,315
May 202680.6%, Below the 99% standard13,213 of 16,386
Apr 202682.5%, Below the 99% standard14,000 of 16,971
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

72.4%

Jul 2026

2,790 of 3,854 referrals

−0.7 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 75% standard · −2.6 points

60%75%90%75% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 72.4 per cent, 2,790 of 3,854 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 202672.4%, Below the 75% standard2,790 of 3,854
Jun 202673.0%, Below the 75% standard2,533 of 3,468
May 202676.8%, Meets the 75% standard2,259 of 2,941
Apr 202676.0%, Meets the 75% standard2,498 of 3,288
Mar 202680.4%, Meets the 75% standard2,767 of 3,440
Feb 202681.3%, Meets the 75% standard2,406 of 2,959
Jan 202674.8%, Below the 75% standard2,420 of 3,233
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

95.5%

Jul 2026

568 of 595 treatments

−0.5 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 96% standard · −0.5 points

80%90%100%96% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 95.5 per cent, 568 of 595 treatments. Below 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 202695.5%, Below the 96% standard568 of 595
Jun 202696.0%, Below the 96% standard547 of 570
May 202694.9%, Below the 96% standard488 of 514
Apr 202695.5%, Below the 96% standard486 of 509
Mar 202696.7%, Meets the 96% standard532 of 550
Feb 202696.0%, Below the 96% standard474 of 494
Jan 202693.2%, Below the 96% standard505 of 542
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

78.0%

Jul 2026

309.5 of 397 treatments

+1.8 pts since Jun 2026

Below the 85% standard · −7.0 points

70%85%100%85% standardJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

July 2026: 78.0 per cent, 309.5 of 397 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 202678.0%, Below the 85% standard309.5 of 397
Jun 202676.2%, Below the 85% standard313 of 411
May 202681.8%, Below the 85% standard267 of 326.5
Apr 202680.4%, Below the 85% standard268.5 of 334
Mar 202686.4%, Meets the 85% standard297.5 of 344.5
Feb 202680.3%, Below the 85% standard241 of 300
Jan 202678.4%, Below the 85% standard281.5 of 359
The standard usually meant by 'the cancer target'. NHS England monthly cancer waiting times