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Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Former UK health provider

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was a British public sector healthcare provider responsible for managing the Aintree University Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It was established on 1 November 1991 as Aintree Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and authorised as an NHS foundation trust under the name Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 August 2006.2 It ceased to exist in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nov 1, 1991Founded1
Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Fazakerley (1)
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was a British public sector healthcare provider responsible for managing the Aintree University Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England.2

The story

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

In December 2017 the Health Service Journal reported that the two acute Trusts will appoint an interim joint board by the middle of 2018, and aim to formally merge by April 2019.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery has been based at Aintree University Hospital since 1998.

In 2013, Aintree became the first NHS organisation to become UKAS accredited under the Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Improving Quality in Physiological diagnostic Services (IQIPS) programme for its Audiology services.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1

Former names

  • Aintree Hospitals National Health Service TrustNov 1, 1991 to Jul 31, 20061

Timeline

  1. Sep 30, 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Aug 1, 2006Renamed Name changed to Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1
  3. Nov 1, 1991Founded Founded1