Drop in visits to A&E at Imperial College Healthcare last month

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

NHS England figures show 23,059 patients visited A&E at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in June.

That was a drop of 3% on the 23,704 visits recorded during May, and 3% lower than the 23,795 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 14,343 visits to A&E departments run by Imperial College Healthcare.

The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 31% were via minor injury units.

Meanwhile, around 16% were via consultant-led departments with single specialties, such as eye conditions or dental problems.

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 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust:

In June:

1,352 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 6% of patients

Of those, 70 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 81 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 12% of patients left before being treated