Drop in visits to A&E at the Whittington Hospital last month

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

NHS England figures show 9,387 patients visited A&E at Whittington Health NHS Trust in June.

That was a drop of 4% on the 9,742 visits recorded during May, and 3% lower than the 9,663 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 6,399 visits to A&E departments run by the Whittington Hospital.

All of last month's attendances were via major A&E departments – those 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 Whittington Health NHS Trust:

In June:

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

472 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 5% of patients

Of those, 10 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 107 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 10% of patients left before being treated