Drop in visits to A&E at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 14,265 patients visited A&E at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in June.

That was a drop of 4% on the 14,914 visits recorded during May, and 7% lower than the 15,306 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 10,009 visits to A&E departments run by Epsom and St Helier University 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 1% were via minor injury units.

Meanwhile, around 2% 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 in line with May, and the same number as were seen during June 2021.

At Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust:

In June:

There were 428 booked appointments, down from 550 in May

74% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

897 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 6% of patients

Of those, 113 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 134.5 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times