Drop in visits to A&E at the Royal Free London last month

NHS England figures show 26,610 patients visited A&E at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in June.
General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Fewer patients visited A&E at the Royal Free London last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 26,610 patients visited A&E at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in June.

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That was a drop of 3% on the 27,499 visits recorded during May, and 3% lower than the 27,360 patients seen in June 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in June 2020, there were 17,119 visits to A&E departments run by the Royal Free London.

The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 16% were via minor injury units.

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

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

At Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

65% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

1,735 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 7% of patients

Of those, 558 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 92 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