Drop in visits to A&E at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital last month

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

NHS England figures show 30,290 patients visited A&E at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 1% on the 30,586 visits recorded during May, but 5% more than the 28,979 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 16,876 visits to A&E departments run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 33% were via minor injury units.

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 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 679 booked appointments, down from 681 in May

723 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 2% of patients

Of those, 19 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 84 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 6% of patients left before being treated