Drop in visits to A&E at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals last month
Fewer patients visited A&E at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 26,407 patients visited A&E at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in July.
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Hide AdThat was a drop of 2% on the 27,069 visits recorded during June, and 6% lower than the 27,965 patients seen in July 2021.
The figures show attendances were above the levels seen in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic – in July 2020, there were 20,115 visits to A&E departments run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals.
Around 48% of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 44% were via minor injury units.
Meanwhile, around 8% were via consultant-led departments with single specialties, such as eye conditions or dental problems.
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Hide AdAcross England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.
That was a decrease of 1% compared to June, and the same number as were seen during July 2021.
At Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust:
In July:
59% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
1,811 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 7% of patients
Of those, 680 were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in June:
The median time to treatment was 175 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times
Around 10% of patients left before being treated