Drop in visits to A&E at Guy's and St Thomas' Trust last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Guy's and St Thomas' Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 18,656 patients visited A&E at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 2% on the 19,081 visits recorded during May, but 6% more than the 17,636 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 9,563 visits to A&E departments run by Guy's and St Thomas' 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 26% were via minor injury units.

Meanwhile, around 3% 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 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 310 booked appointments, down from 534 in May

79% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

84 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit– less than 0.5% of patients

Of those, 41 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 100 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 3% of patients left before being treated