Rise in visits to A&E at Homerton Healthcare Trust

More patients visited A&E at Homerton Healthcare Trust last month, with demand rising above the levels seen over the same period last year.

NHS England figures show 10,966 patients visited A&E at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in October.

That was a rise of 7% on the 10,250 visits recorded during September, and 5% more than the 10,455 patients seen in October 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in October 2020, there were 7,591 visits to A&E departments run by Homerton Healthcare Trust.

​All of last month's attendances were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care​.

Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.

That was an increase of 9% compared to September, and a similar number as were seen during October 2021.

At Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust:

In October:

There were 52 booked appointments, down from 229 in September

77% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

260 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 September:

The median time to treatment was 93 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 5% of patients left before being treated