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

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

NHS England figures show 23,697 patients visited A&E at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in September.

That was a slight rise from the 23,678 visits recorded during August, but 4% lower than the 24,563 patients seen in September 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in September 2020, there were 20,616 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 million visits last month.

That was a rise of less than 1% compared to August, but 6% fewer than the 2.1 million seen during September 2021.

At King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In September:

There were 863 booked appointments, down from 1,330 in August

63% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

2,285 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 10% of patients

Of those, 745 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in August:

The median time to treatment was 109 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 6% of patients left before being treated