Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

General hospital information

  • Number of beds: 717
  • % of single rooms: 18%
  • Total parking spaces: 0
  • Average parking fee per hour: £0.00

Address & description

Royal Liverpool University Hospital,
Prescot Street, Liverpool, England, L7 8XP
Tel: Work 0151 706 2000
Royal Liverpool University Hospital

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in April 1995 by the merger of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Broadgreen Hospital NHS Trust.

The Trust is one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the North of England with an annual budget of over £300 million, more than 5000 staff and almost one million patients being seen every year. We employ approximately 300 consultants, many of whom have honorary senior lecturer contracts with the University of Liverpool.

We provide general hospital services and emergency care to the local community including a full range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation and therapy services. These include several nationally and internationally recognised services such as ophthalmology, hepatobiliary, surgery, gastroenterology and pathology.

Our range of specialist services are provided to people across the North West of England and include our regional centre of excellence for nephrology, renal transplantation, cancer surgery, vascular surgery, nuclear medicine, haematology, lithotripsy, tropical and infectious diseases, dermatology and dental services.

We are one of the top 20 teaching trusts in the country with well established links to both the University of Liverpool and John Moores University. Each year we provide a large number of placements for student doctors, dentists, nurses and allied health professions who benefit from the expertise and experience of some of the most skilled clinicians in the country. Currently we have in excess of 200 undergraduate medical students receiving training in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Liverpool University Dental Hospital.

We ensure that we deliver patient focused, service led care to the people of Liverpool and the North West of England by working closely with our health and social care partners and by involving our patients and staff in our research projects, future plans and everyday operational issues.

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Services at Royal Liverpool University Hospital

General Services Information

Hospital Questions

  • How many single rooms are available to NHS patients at this hospital: 170
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet: 82
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 63
  • Does this hospital operate an accident and emergency unit: Yes
  • How many specialist palliative care beds are available at this hospital: 0 commentswork in progress
  • Does this hospital have a named private unit/service: No

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust treat private patients: Yes

Patient Safety

Trust Questions

  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for a foreign body being left post surgery: Datix Incident Reporting
  • Is there a system for recording operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: Datix Incident Reporting
  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: Datix Incident Reporting
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: 2
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations were cancelled due to missing notes: 7
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: 1
  • How many incident investigations using a full Root Cause Analysis did were carried out in 2010/11: 77 comments11 SUI; 66 planned for other incidents
  • What percentage of patient safety incidents resulting in severe harm or death had a full RCA initiated/completed: 100%
  • What percentage of acute inpatients have a track and trigger warning system in place for the duration of the admission: 100%
  • What percentage of patients are risk assessed for venous thromboembolism on admission: 91-99%
  • Compliant with all relevant NPSA safety alerts issues in 2010/11 (you can find a full list of alerts issued at http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?p=3). : Yes
  • Alerts where not expected to be compliant by 1st December 2011 and when expected to be compliant. : The following alerts do not require action until Aug and April 2012 respectively: The adult patient's passport for safer use of insulin and Safer spinal (intrathecal), epidural and regional devices.
  • Does the Trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators: Yes commentsPatient Access Policy
  • Does the Trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support): Yes
  • Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users: Yes

Infection Control

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust employ an antibiotic pharmacist: Yes
  • Does the Trust operate a pre-admission assessment clinic or equivalent system where patients are screened and results returned in advance of the day of admission: Yes
  • Elective patient groups screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: All elective surgical and medical
  • Are all oncology patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: YES
  • Are all chemotherapy patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: YES
  • Are all elective neurosurgery patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable
  • Are all patients with past history of MRSA screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Yes
  • What method of MRSA screening is used when screening at admission: Culture based in 24-48hrs
  • On admission, does topical suppression take place immediately: Yes
  • Does the Trust have at least one accident and emergency unit: Yes
  • Are all patients admitted through A&E screened: Yes
  • Is screening done according to individual risk assessment: Yes
  • Does the Trust have a dedicated isolation ward: Yes
  • How many beds does it contain: 13 commentsThere are also an additional 19 Infectious Disease beds
  • Does the Trust have an isolation policy: Yes
  • Where medically appropriate, are patients with C Diff isolated in single rooms as a matter of priority: Yes
  • Does the Trust have a policy to guide the use of metronidazole and vancomycin for C.difficile infected patients: Yes
  • Does the Trust routinely isolate all patients with diarrhoea: Yes

Stroke Medicine

Hospital Questions

  • Does the hsopital have a specialist stroke unit: Yes
  • What type of stroke unit does the hospital have: Hyperacute stroke unit (HASU) comments and Rehabilitation stroke unit
  • Number of beds in the unit: 41

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust have a specialist stroke unit or units: Yes
  • Is the Trust part of a stroke care network: Yes
  • Details: Merseyside & Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network (MCCSN)
  • How many emergency admissions with a primary diagnosis of stroke (ICD10 codes I60 - I64) did the Trust receive in the financial year (period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011): 586
  • Of these, what was the number of patients given a Computerised Tomography (CT) scan within 24 hrs of admission: 557
  • Is thrombolysis for stroke patients provided 24 hours per day and 7 days a week : Yes
  • Are there any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment: No

Trauma & Orthopaedics

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust offer a trauma service: Yes
  • Does the Trust have a dedicated trauma list available 24 hours a day for the duration of the week, (Sunday to Sunday): No commentsThe trauma list is available weekdays 8am-8pm and out of hours use the emergency theatre team
  • Does the Trust offer an orthopaedics service: Yes
  • Do all the Trust's orthopaedic ward/team have a linked geriatric team with whom they have regular meetings at least once a week: Yes
  • Does the Trust run a pre-operative patient education session/class for patients to attend prior to Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR)? : Yes
  • What is the audited Percentage of all patients that attend the class prior to surgery: 90 comments90%
  • Does the Trust have a standardised anaesthetic protocol for Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR) patients: No
  • Estimated percentage of the Trusts total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) patients walk within 24 hours of surgery: 95 comments95%
  • Does the Trust have a specialist orthopaedic physiotherapy service which is available 7 days a week: Yes
  • How many patients' discharge's delayed due to lack of physiotherapy services at weekends - estimated figure: 1 commentsLess than 1%
  • Are patients for total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) admitted prior to the day of surgery: No
  • Are patient records routinely recorded using a specific multi-disciplinary team THR/TKR pathway document: Yes
  • Is this data used to monitor compliance with the agreed pathway: No
  • Is criteria-based discharge used: Yes
  • Are patients routinely phoned in the first 48 hours after discharge to check on their progress: No

Palliative Care

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust provide a palliative care service: Yes
  • How is specialist palliative care delivered at the hospital: A multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team
  • Does the hospital's specialist palliative team includes: A consultant in palliative medicine,A palliative care nurse,Counsellor(s),Other (please specify) commentscomplementary therapist
  • Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week: No comments9am-5pm (7 days a week) Out of Hours Advice line operates outside these hours
  • Are facilities provided to support relatives and carers who wish to stay with a patient in hospital: No
  • Does the Trust routinely survey and evaluate the views of patients and bereaved relatives and carers regarding the delivery of care on the end of life programme: Yes

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