Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree University Hospital
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aintree Main Entrance and Ward Block, Lower Lane.
Geography
Location	Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Merseyside, L9 7AL.
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency; Major Trauma Centre
Beds	712
Speciality	Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Haematology, Maxillofacial and Liver Surgery.
History
Founded	1898 as City Hospital, Fazakerley.
Links
Website	http://www.aintreehospitals.nhs.uk

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust located in the suburb of Fazakerley, in the city of Liverpool, England. It was formerly known as University Hospital Aintree NHS Trust and became a Foundation Trust in 2006.

In October 2015 the Trust Board agreed to pursue the possibility of a merger with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust.

The Trust consists of Aintree University Hospital (known locally as Fazakerley Hospital, founded in 1898) but does not include The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which since 1998 is now located on the same site; it originally provided services from the since demolished Walton Hospital on Rice Lane in Walton, Liverpool. In 2009, the Care Quality Commission rated the trust "Good" for the quality of its services and "Excellent" for the quality of its financial management.

Alongside the Walton Centre, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the city centre; Aintree acts as designated adult major trauma centre for the Merseyside and Cheshire regions.

Aintree University Hospital is also the headquarters of UNISON Sefton Health Branch, which is the dominant trade union to the majority of the nursing and ancillary staff on the hospital site.

The trust established an Electronic health record system which enabled it to dispense with paper records (which had occupied 10 miles of shelving) in 2012.

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