Drop in visits to minor injury units at the North East London Trust last month

Fewer patients visited minor injury units at the North East London Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 2,302 patients visited minor injury units at North East London NHS Foundation Trust in October.

That was a drop of 8% on the 2,495 visits recorded during September, but 9% more than the 2,106 patients seen in October 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in October 2020, there were 1,887 visits to minor injury units run by the North East London Trust.

Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.

That was an increase of 9% compared to September, and a similar number as were seen during October 2021.

At North East London NHS Foundation Trust:

In October:

97% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in September:

The median time to treatment was 56 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 4% of patients left before being treated