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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

What CQC currently says

CQC has not given Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust an overall rating. Under its single assessment framework it rates services and key questions rather than awarding one judgement for the whole body, so these are what it currently publishes. They are separate judgements and CQC does not add them together.

Services CQC has rated

Each service is rated on its own. Open one to read the five key questions underneath it.

  • Acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care unitsRequires improvement
    • CaringOutstanding14 April 2023
    • EffectiveRequires improvement14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveRequires improvement14 April 2023
    • SafeRequires improvement14 April 2023
    • Well-ledGood14 April 2023
  • Community dental servicesGood
    • CaringGood5 April 2019
    • EffectiveGood5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeGood5 April 2019
    • Well-ledGood5 April 2019
  • Community end of life careGood
    • CaringGood14 April 2023
    • EffectiveGood14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveGood14 April 2023
    • SafeGood14 April 2023
    • Well-ledRequires improvement14 April 2023
  • Community health inpatient servicesGood
    • CaringGood14 April 2023
    • EffectiveGood14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveGood14 April 2023
    • SafeGood14 April 2023
    • Well-ledGood14 April 2023
  • Community health services for adultsRequires improvement
    • CaringOutstanding5 April 2019
    • EffectiveRequires improvement5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeRequires improvement5 April 2019
    • Well-ledRequires improvement5 April 2019
  • Community health services for children, young people and familiesGood
    • CaringGood5 April 2019
    • EffectiveGood5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeGood5 April 2019
    • Well-ledGood5 April 2019
  • Community mental health services with learning disabilities or autismGood
    • CaringGood14 October 2015
    • EffectiveGood14 October 2015
    • ResponsiveGood14 October 2015
    • SafeGood14 October 2015
    • Well-ledRequires improvement14 October 2015
  • Community-based mental health services for adults of working ageRequires improvement
    • CaringGood5 April 2019
    • EffectiveRequires improvement5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeRequires improvement5 April 2019
    • Well-ledGood5 April 2019
  • Community-based mental health services for older peopleGood
    • CaringOutstanding14 October 2015
    • EffectiveGood14 October 2015
    • ResponsiveGood14 October 2015
    • SafeGood14 October 2015
    • Well-ledGood14 October 2015
  • Forensic inpatient or secure wardsGood
    • CaringGood14 April 2023
    • EffectiveGood14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveGood14 April 2023
    • SafeRequires improvement14 April 2023
    • Well-ledGood14 April 2023
  • High secure hospitalsGood
    • CaringOutstanding14 April 2023
    • EffectiveRequires improvement14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveGood14 April 2023
    • SafeGood14 April 2023
    • Well-ledGood14 April 2023
  • Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adultsGood
    • CaringGood5 April 2019
    • EffectiveGood5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeGood5 April 2019
    • Well-ledGood5 April 2019
  • Mental health crisis services and health-based places of safetyGood
    • CaringGood14 October 2015
    • EffectiveGood14 October 2015
    • ResponsiveGood14 October 2015
    • SafeGood14 October 2015
    • Well-ledGood14 October 2015
  • Substance misuse servicesGood
    • CaringGood27 June 2017
    • EffectiveGood27 June 2017
    • ResponsiveGood27 June 2017
    • SafeGood27 June 2017
    • Well-ledGood27 June 2017
  • Wards for older people with mental health problemsGood
    • CaringGood5 April 2019
    • EffectiveGood5 April 2019
    • ResponsiveGood5 April 2019
    • SafeGood5 April 2019
    • Well-ledGood5 April 2019
  • Wards for people with a learning disability or autismGood
    • CaringGood14 April 2023
    • EffectiveGood14 April 2023
    • ResponsiveGood14 April 2023
    • SafeGood14 April 2023
    • Well-ledRequires improvement14 April 2023

Most recent judgement 11 February 2025.

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

99.0%

Aug 2026

12,838 of 12,971 attendances

+0.9 pts since Jul 2026

Meets the 95% standard · +4.0 points

80%90%100%95% standardMay 2025Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026

August 2026: 99.0 per cent, 12,838 of 12,971 attendances. Meets 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 202699.0%, Meets the 95% standard12,838 of 12,971
Jul 202698.1%, Meets the 95% standard13,999 of 14,271
Jun 202697.5%, Meets the 95% standard13,634 of 13,989
May 202697.9%, Meets the 95% standard14,260 of 14,568
Apr 202698.3%, Meets the 95% standard13,400 of 13,634
Mar 202696.5%, Meets the 95% standard13,650 of 14,145
Feb 202696.9%, Meets the 95% standard11,872 of 12,255
Jan 202697.6%, Meets the 95% standard12,847 of 13,161
Dec 202596.9%, Meets the 95% standard13,014 of 13,436
Nov 202595.9%, Meets the 95% standard13,542 of 14,116
Oct 202596.7%, Meets the 95% standard14,187 of 14,676
Sept 202598.2%, Meets the 95% standard12,979 of 13,214
Aug 202598.6%, Meets the 95% standard12,025 of 12,199
Jul 202598.6%, Meets the 95% standard13,374 of 13,566
Jun 202598.2%, Meets the 95% standard12,931 of 13,175
May 202599.0%, Meets the 95% standard13,699 of 13,831
Apr 202598.5%, Meets the 95% standard12,876 of 13,070
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

100.0%

Mar 2026

53 of 53 people waiting

+4.1 pts since Feb 2026

Meets the 92% standard · +8.0 points

80%90%100%92% standardJul 2025Sept 2025Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026

March 2026: 100.0 per cent, 53 of 53 people waiting. Meets the 92% standard.

All 10 months as a table
Waiting times (RTT) by month, with the figures each percentage was worked out from.
MonthPerformanceOf people waiting
Mar 2026100.0%, Meets the 92% standard53 of 53
Feb 202695.9%, Meets the 92% standard47 of 49
Jan 202696.2%, Meets the 92% standard50 of 52
Dec 202595.0%, Meets the 92% standard38 of 40
Nov 202598.1%, Meets the 92% standard52 of 53
Oct 2025100.0%, Meets the 92% standard47 of 47
Sept 2025100.0%, Meets the 92% standard44 of 44
Aug 202598.2%, Meets the 92% standard54 of 55
Jul 2025100.0%, Meets the 92% standard41 of 41
Jun 2025100.0%, Meets the 92% standard29 of 29
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

Not reported by this body.The standard is 99% of people waiting.

Cancer diagnosis (FDS)

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

Not reported by this body.The standard is 75% of referrals.

Cancer (31-day)

Decision to treat to first treatment within thirty-one days

Not reported by this body.The standard is 96% of treatments.

Cancer (62-day)

Urgent referral to first treatment within sixty-two days

Not reported by this body.The standard is 85% of treatments.

4 measures are 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.