Drop in visits to minor injury units at the Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust last month

Fewer patients visited minor injury units at the Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust last month, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 4,000 patients visited minor injury units at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust in August.

That was a drop of 13% on the 4,607 visits recorded during July, but in line with the number seen in August 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in August 2020, there were 3,001 visits to minor injury units run by the Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust.

Across England, A&E departments received 2 million visits last month.

That was a decrease of 8% compared to July, and the same number as were seen during August 2021.

At Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust:

In August:

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

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:

The median time to treatment was six 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