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 30,125 patients visited A&E at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in July.

That was a drop of 1% on the 30,290 visits recorded during June, but 5% more than the 28,723 patients seen in July 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic – in July 2020, there were 18,665 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 a decrease of 1% compared to June, and the same number as were seen during July 2021.

At Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In July:

There were 525 booked appointments, down from 679 in June

847 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 3% of patients

Of those, 38 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in June:

The median time to treatment was 49 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