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

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.

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.

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