Spire Liverpool Hospital

Updated 3 October 2022

Spire Liverpool Hospital is operated by Spire Healthcare Limited. The hospital was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by Spire Healthcare Limited in July 2016. Spire Liverpool Hospital is a private hospital in Liverpool, Merseyside. The hospital also has contracts with Liverpool and Merseyside clinical commissioning groups (CCG) to provide treatment for NHS patients. The hospital primarily serves the communities of Liverpool and its surrounding areas. It also accepts patient referrals from outside this area.

The hospital has two wards with a total of 30 single rooms, a six bedded day-case unit, four operating theatres (one of which is a mobile theatre and two are laminar flow theatres mainly used for orthopaedic surgery). The physiotherapy, pharmacy and sterile services are available on site.

The inpatient treatment includes urology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, minor hand surgery, minor neurosurgery, ear, nose and throat (ENT), gynaecology, endoscopies, general surgery (such as upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery) and cosmetic surgery.

The hospital is registered to provide services for the whole population and sees and treats mainly patients aged 18 years old and over. The hospital provided seven surgical procedures to patients 16 to 17 years old from August 2021 to July 2022.

The hospital provides surgery, outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

Updated 3 October 2022

Our rating of this service stayed the same. We rated it as good because:

We inspected two key questions for safe and well-led. Our previous rating for effective, caring responsive was good. These ratings remain the same.

• The service had enough staff to care for patients and keep them safe. Staff had training in key skills, understood how to protect patients from abuse, and managed safety well. The service controlled infection risk well. Staff assessed risks to patients, acted on them and kept good care records. They managed medicines well. The service managed safety incidents well and learned lessons from them.
• Leaders ran services well using reliable information systems and supported staff to develop their skills. Staff understood the service’s vision and values, and how to apply them in their work. Staff felt respected, supported and valued. They were focused on the needs of patients receiving care. Staff were clear about their roles and accountabilities. The service engaged well with patients and the community to plan and manage services and all staff were committed to improving services continually.

However:

• Staff did not always receive the rota with sufficient notice so they could make plans.
• Not all staff had completed training in basic life support (BLS).

Updated 1 August 2019

We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. We do not rate effective for diagnostic imaging services.

Updated 1 August 2019

We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. We do not rate effective for outpatient services.

Updated 3 October 2022

Our rating of this location stayed the same. We rated it as good. See the overall summary above for details.