Drop in visits to A&E at Moorfields Eye Hospital last month

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

NHS England figures show 5,005 patients visited A&E at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in October.

That was a drop of 2% on the 5,088 visits recorded during September, but 23% more than the 4,069 patients seen in October 2020.

The figures show attendances were below the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in October 2019, there were 8,335 visits to A&E at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

All of last month's attendances 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 an increase of 2% compared to September, and 36% more than the 1.6 million seen during October 2020.

At Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In October:

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

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in September:

The median time to treatment was 80 minutes

Around 1% of patients left before being treated