Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group.

The Trust was created on 1 October 2019 when the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust merged.

[1][2] The organisation joined NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group on 1 November 2024.

At the time of merger it was reported that there is no plan or desire to close either hospital's emergency department.

[4] On 26 January 2023, the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was granted the Honorary Freedom of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.