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

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

NHS England figures show 7,790 patients visited A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in September.

That was a rise of 6% on the 7,354 visits recorded during August, but 39% lower than the 12,769 patients seen in September 2021.

The figures show attendances were below the levels seen two years ago – in September 2020, there were 8,764 visits to A&E departments run by Hillingdon Hospitals Trust.

​The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care​ – while 27% were via minor injury units.

Across England, A&E departments received 2 million visits last month.

That was a rise of less than 1% compared to August, but 6% fewer than the 2.1 million seen during September 2021.

At Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

In September:

There were 42 booked appointments, down from 46 in August

58% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

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

Of those, 24 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in August:

The median time to treatment was 100 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