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 – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 24,769 patients visited A&E at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in July.
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Hide AdThat was a drop of 5% on the 26,081 visits recorded during June, and 1% lower than the 25,028 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 18,596 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 41% were via minor injury units.
Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.
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Hide AdThat was a decrease of 1% compared to June, and the same number as were seen during July 2021.
At King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:
In July:
There were 1,182 booked appointments, down from 1,363 in June
58% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
2,296 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 9% of patients
Of those, 621 were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in June:
The median time to treatment was 101 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times
Around 8% of patients left before being treated