Drop in visits to A&E at King's College Hospital last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at King's College Hospital last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 26,081 patients visited A&E at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 2% on the 26,726 visits recorded during May, but 2% more than the 25,551 patients seen in June 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic – in June 2020, there were 16,633 visits to A&E departments run by King's College Hospital.

The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 42% were via minor injury units.

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

That was in line with May, and the same number as were seen during June 2021.

At King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 1,363 booked appointments, down from 1,581 in May

64% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

2,014 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 8% of patients

Of those, 346 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 112 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 9% of patients left before being treated