Drop in visits to A&E at London North West Healthcare last month

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

NHS England figures show 30,053 patients visited A&E at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in June.

That was a drop of 1% on the 30,229 visits recorded during May, and 3% lower than the 30,874 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 18,490 visits to A&E departments run by London North West Healthcare.

The majority of attendances last month were via minor A&E departments – those which treat minor injuries and illnesses such as fractures, cuts and bruises – while 41% were via major departments, with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care.

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 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust:

In June:

There were 262 booked appointments, down from 268 in May

73% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

1,093 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 4% of patients

Of those, 228 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

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 4% of patients left before being treated