About us
Alder Hey is a special place with phenomenal potential.
Each year, we provide care to more than 450,000 children and young people.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, located in Liverpool UK, is at the heart of Alder Hey and is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, where we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey, we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Alder Hey offers a number of specialist services and we are one of only two providers in the North West designated to receive the specialist children’s top-up to national tariff for this work. We are one of the two accredited major trauma centres for children in the North West and are also nationally commissioned as one of four epilepsy surgical centres, a service we provide in partnership with Manchester Children’s Hospital. As the regional cardiac surgical centre, we continue to lead in developing the cardiac network across the region to provide seamless care pathways for children with congenital heart problems. The Trust also is one of four commissioned paediatric national craniofacial units.
The Trust employs a workforce of 4,115 staff who work across our community and hospital sites. As a teaching and training hospital, we provide education and training to around 900 medical and over 800 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
Alder Hey is also a proud member of The Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership.
Our mission, vision and values
We want a healthier, happier, and fairer future where every child and young person can achieve their full potential.
Alder Hey has come a long way.
10 years ago, we weren’t considered world-leading. Today, we’re named as one of the top children’s healthcare providers in the world.
But just as Alder Hey has changed, the needs of Children and Young People are changing too.
In our local area, the number of children and young people is growing, with more living in poverty and suffering poor health because of it.
We’re seeing huge growth in demand, and this is putting great pressure on us – and not just at Alder Hey, but everywhere children and young people get care and support.
We’re only going to be able to make a real difference if we seriously tackle the issue of health inequalities.
Because we want “A healthier, happier, and fairer future where every child and young person can achieve their full potential.”
We can only deliver this if we work with partners, in a healthcare system that has children and young people’s needs at its centre.
To achieve our Vision, we have set ourselves some ambitious goals
- We want to offer an unrivalled experience, guided by children, young people, and families
- We want to support our people to have rewarding careers and be healthy and happy
- We want to deliver pioneering breakthroughs, a world leader in research, innovation, and education
- We’ll collaborate for children and young people, bringing together a joined-up health and care system
- We’ll work smarter with partners to grow how much we can do and how well we can do it
- We’ll challenge ourselves with some tough targets to make sure we stay focused
We must lead the way and deliver a future where all children and young people are able to get the best quality healthcare regardless of who they are, where they live or their background, and deliver “a healthier, happier, and fairer future where every child and young person can achieve their full potential.”