Drop in visits to A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals Trust last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 13,232 patients visited A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 4% on the 13,728 visits recorded during May, but 3% more than the 12,797 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 7,680 visits to A&E departments run by Hillingdon Hospitals Trust.

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 45% 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 Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 697 booked appointments, down from 698 in May

72% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

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

Of those, 14 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 4% of patients left before being treated