Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

[6] In December 2017 the Health Service Journal reported that the two acute Trusts will appoint an interim joint board by the middle of 2018, and aim to formally merge by April 2019.

[11] In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission.

[14] The hospital has said that both indicators need to be considered to give a rounded picture and that a mortality reduction programme is underway.

More than 83% of frontline staff had the flu jab before the campaign officially closed on 31 January 2014, the highest figure in the country.

[18] The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter.