Drop in visits to A&E at Imperial College Healthcare last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Imperial College Healthcare last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 21,288 patients visited A&E at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in August.

That was a drop of 7% on the 22,858 visits recorded during July, and 5% lower than the 22,292 patients seen in August 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in August 2020, there were 17,183 visits to A&E departments run by Imperial College Healthcare.

​The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care​ – while 29% were via minor injury units.

Meanwhile, around 17% were via consultant-led departments with single specialties, such as eye conditions or dental problems.

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 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust:

In August:

1,282 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 6% of patients

Of those, 66 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:

The median time to treatment was 80 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 11% of patients left before being treated