Broadgreen Hospital

Updated 30 May 2025

Medical Care (including older people’s care) Services at Broadgreen Hospital are provided by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The trust was created on 1 October 2019 following a process of acquisition, in which Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital NHS Trust. Broadgreen Hospital was last inspected under the previous provider in July 2016 and rated good. 

Broadgreen Hospital treats patients from across Merseyside and Cheshire and provides a number of elective (planned) surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. 

In 2022, a nurse and therapy-led Reablement Assessment Hub opened, providing care for patients who require ongoing assessment and intervention for discharge back to their usual place of residence, reducing length of stay and improving quality of life. 

There is no accident and emergency department at Broadgreen Hospital.

Updated 28 May 2025

We carried out an unannounced assessment of Broadgreen Hospital on 16 and 17 January 2025. We carried out this assessment in line with our assessment priorities. We assessed the following service groups:

• Medical Care (including older people’s care)

Overall, the service was rated as good.

We conducted an on-site, assessment visit at Broadgreen Hospital Medical Care Services. We assessed all the quality statements from the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. The service provided and maintained safe systems of care, in which safety was managed, monitored, and assured.

We looked at 10 sets of patient clinical records; we spoke with 12 patients; we spoke with 10 family members or friends; and we spoke with 22 members of staff.

We assessed quality statements within key questions. Each quality statement assessed is awarded a score. Details on how we score can be found on our website:https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how-we-do-our-job/ratings

You can find further information about we carried out our assessments at:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how-we-do-our-job/what-we-do-inspection

Updated 16 September 2014

This site does not have a critical care unit, but instead has a Postoperative Extended Care Unit (PAECU). This provides increased observation for patients who have undergone longer surgical procedures or who were at higher risk of postoperative complications. It was appropriately staffed and clear escalation policies were in place. 

Updated 29 July 2016

Policies and procedures were in place for the prevention and control of infection and to keep people safe. Care provided was evidence based and followed national guidance. Staff worked together in a multi-disciplinary environment to meet patients’ needs and specialist nurses were available to support patients. Between May 2015 and February 2016 the trust met the national standard for ultrasound waiting times. Managers had a good knowledge of performance in their areas of responsibility and understood the risks and challenges to the service. Quality and performance were monitored and patients’ views were actively sought.

Updated 29 July 2016

Patients were treated in line with best practice by competent and caring staff. The wards and theatres we inspected were visibly clean. Performance in national audits was generally better than or similar to other trusts. Services were planned to meet the needs of the local population, although bed shortages had meant some delays with the availability of surgical beds. Performance in relation to national referral to treatment time (RTT) targets from September 2014 to August 2015 was above the England average for the whole period. The surgical division was well-led, with a vision and strategy aligned with the trust. Staff felt well supported by their managers. Information and learning was shared at regular meetings at all levels. Routine daily checks were carried out although there were some omissions at times and there was some expired medication identified.