In Q1 2026/27, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is in segment 1 (high performing) with an average metric score of 1.53 and a national rank of 1 of 134 acute trusts. Compared with Q4 2025/26, the average score worsened by 0.08 and rank moved from 4 to 1. Strongest domain: Experience (score 1, rank 1). Weakest: Effectiveness (score 1.76, rank 27). From 2026/27 the framework uses revised domains and threshold segmentation, so comparisons with 2025/26 need care.
Elective waiting times, cancer pathways, and urgent and emergency care. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1.4, which is among the strongest nationally. Rank on this domain is 3 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). The domain score worsened by 0.38 on the previous quarter. Strongest metric: Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting less than 18 weeks for community treatment (score 1, 100%). Weakest: Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting more than 52 weeks for elective treatment (score 2.39, 0.44%).
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of referrals where the patient is waiting six weeks or longer for a test or procedure OF0008 · OF2008 · M12 25/26 | Diagnostics | 6.44% | 1.53 | 24 | 17.06% | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting less than 18 weeks for community treatment OF0001 · OF2001 · M12 25/26 | Elective care | 100% | 1 | 1 | 81.06% | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting more than 52 weeks for elective treatment OF0003 · OF2003 · Mar-26 | Elective care | 0.44% | 2.39 | 29 | 1.07% | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting more than 52 weeks for community treatment OF0005 · OF2005 · Mar-26 | Elective care | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0.72% | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of cases where a patient is waiting 18 weeks or less for elective treatment OF0023 · OF2023 · Mar-26 | Elective care | 80.29 days | 1.09 | 5 | 65.45 days | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 3 of 131). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 17.06% · lower quartile 9.47% · upper quartile 27.32%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 24 of 131). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 81.06% · lower quartile 65.07% · upper quartile 87.8%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 15 of 79). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 1.07% · lower quartile 0.47% · upper quartile 1.85%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 29 of 129). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 0.72% · lower quartile 0.01% · upper quartile 7.61%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 8 of 79). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 65.45 days · lower quartile 62.32 days · upper quartile 69.6 days
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 5 of 129). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Clinical outcomes and population health, including mortality, readmissions and tobacco treatment. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1.76, which is towards the stronger half of trusts. Rank on this domain is 27 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). Strongest metric: Percentage of patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge (score 1). Weakest: Percentage of inpatients referred to and seen by an in-house tobacco treatment services who make a supported attempt to stop smoking (score 2.52, 18.13%).
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge OF2045 · 2024/25 · score/band only | Effective discharge | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of inpatients referred to and seen by an in-house tobacco treatment services who make a supported attempt to stop smoking OF0060 · OF2060 · Q2 2025/26 | Preventing ill health | 18.13% | 2.52 | 73 | 24.76% | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 27 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 30 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 24.76% · lower quartile 2.54% · upper quartile 45.8%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 73 of 126). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
How patients and staff experience care, including survey measures and flow out of hospital. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1, which is among the strongest nationally. Rank on this domain is 1 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). Strongest metric: NHS staff survey advocacy sub-score (score 1, 8.17 rate). Weakest: CQC inpatient survey satisfaction rate (score 1).
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS staff survey advocacy sub-score OF0047 · OF2047 · 2025 | Experience | 8.17 rate | 1 | 1 | 6.67 rate | No prior quarter |
| CQC inpatient survey satisfaction rate OF2069 · 2024 · score/band only | Experience | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 1 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 6.67 rate · lower quartile 6.19 rate · upper quartile 6.91 rate
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 1 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 2 of 130). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Healthcare-associated infections, clinical audit, and staff confidence to raise concerns. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1.67, which is among the strongest nationally. Rank on this domain is 17 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). The domain score worsened by 0.18 on the previous quarter. Strongest metric: Clinical audit outlier (banded score) (score 1). Weakest: Rate of c-difficile (score 4).
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical audit outlier (banded score) OF2097 · Q4 2025/26 · score/band only | High quality care | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| NHS Staff survey - raising concerns sub-score OF0061 · OF2061 · 2025 | Safe culture | 7.36% | 1 | 1 | 6.32% | No prior quarter |
| Number of cases of MRSA in the last 12 months OF0020 · OF2020 · Mar-26 | Safe outcomes | 0% | 1 | — | 3% | No prior quarter |
| Rate of e-coli OF2048 · Mar-26 · score/band only | Safe outcomes | — No raw value published | 4 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| Rate of c-difficile OF2088 · Mar-26 · score/band only | Safe outcomes | — No raw value published | 4 | — | — | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 17 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 37 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 6.32% · lower quartile 6.14% · upper quartile 6.51%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 1 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 3% · lower quartile 1% · upper quartile 6%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 6 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 108 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 113 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Workforce health and culture (including sickness absence and staff survey engagement, which continue from earlier frameworks), education experience, vaccination, and temporary staffing band scores. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1.61, which is among the strongest nationally. Rank on this domain is 11 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). Strongest metric: NHS staff survey engagement theme sub-score (score 1, 7.54%). Weakest: Percentage of frontline healthcare workers to receive a flu vaccination (score 3.07, 44.8%). Sickness absence (activity Q3 2025/26) and staff survey engagement (2025 survey) continue from earlier Oversight Framework years; they are not new 2026/27 metrics. Temporary staffing measures (Temporary staffing cost relative band; Temporary staffing bank; Temporary staffing agency) are published by NHS England as band/score rows only in this quarter — no separate raw delivery value is included in the CSV.
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sickness absence rate OF0082 · OF2082 · Q3 2025/26 | People and culture | 5.58% | 2.55 | 81 | 5.36% | No prior quarter |
| NHS staff survey engagement theme sub-score OF0084 · OF2084 · 2025 | People and culture | 7.54% | 1 | 1 | 6.8% | No prior quarter |
| Percentage of frontline healthcare workers to receive a flu vaccination OF0101 · OF2101 · M11 25/26 | People and culture | 44.8% | 3.07 | 100 | 50.35% | No prior quarter |
| National Education and Training Survey overall experience sub-score OF0102 · OF2102 · 2025 | People and culture | 89.71 | 1.04 | 2 | 76.34 | No prior quarter |
| NHS staff standards sub-score OF0120 · OF2120 · 2025 | People and culture | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.52 | No prior quarter |
| Temporary staffing cost relative band OF2108 · score/band only | Workforce | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| Temporary staffing bank OF2207 · score/band only | Workforce | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| Temporary staffing agency OF2208 · score/band only | Workforce | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 11 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 5.36% · lower quartile 4.78% · upper quartile 5.86%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 81 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 6.8% · lower quartile 6.55% · upper quartile 6.96%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 1 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 50.35% · lower quartile 44.73% · upper quartile 54.5%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 100 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 76.34 · lower quartile 73.54 · upper quartile 78.8
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 2 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 7.52 · lower quartile 7.42 · upper quartile 7.65
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 1 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 25 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 16 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 25 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Financial plan and variance, relative cost, data quality and research set-up. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s domain score is 1.63, which is among the strongest nationally. Rank on this domain is 9 of the acute trusts that report it. The domain segment is 1 (high performing). Strongest metric: Planned surplus/deficit (score 1, 2.2%). Weakest: Relative cost difference (National Cost Collection Index) (score 2.84, 105.66 rate).
| Metric | Area | Value | Score | Rank | National median | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned surplus/deficit OF0079 · OF2079 · 2025/26 plan | Finance | 2.2% | 1 | 1 | -0.38% | No prior quarter |
| Variance to plan year-to-date OF0081 · OF2081 · Month 12 2025/26 | Finance | 0.02% | 1 | 23 | 0% | No prior quarter |
| Combined finance OF2080 · Q4 2025/26 · score/band only | Finance | — No raw value published | 1 | — | — | No prior quarter |
| Overall Data Quality Maturity Index OF0096 · OF2096 · Q4 2025/26 | Innovation | 98.5 index | 1.06 | 4 | 93 index | No prior quarter |
| Relative cost difference (National Cost Collection Index) OF0086 · OF2086 · 2024/25 | Productivity | 105.66 rate | 2.84 | 100 | 100.14 rate | No prior quarter |
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 9 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median -0.38% · lower quartile -2.92% · upper quartile 0%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 20 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 0% · lower quartile -0.95% · upper quartile 0.01%
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 29 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
NHS England published this measure as a score/band only in this quarter’s CSV (no separate raw delivery value).
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 15 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 93 index · lower quartile 90.5 index · upper quartile 95 index
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 4 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.
Median 100.14 rate · lower quartile 94.28 rate · upper quartile 105.78 rate
Trusts ordered left (best) to right (lowest rating). Axis marks are rank numbers; the selected trust is the navy bar (RBQ, rank 100 of 134). Score scale: 1 best – 4 lowest.