Drop in visits to A&E at the Whittington Hospital last month
Fewer patients visited A&E at the Whittington Hospital last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 8,532 patients visited A&E at Whittington Health NHS Trust in August.
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Hide AdThat was a drop of 9% on the 9,354 visits recorded during July, but 18% more than the 7,261 patients seen in August 2020.
The figures show attendances were below the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in August 2019, there were 8,778 visits to A&E at the Whittington Hospital.
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 million visits last month.
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Hide AdThat was a decrease of 6% compared to July, but 19% more than the 1.7 million seen during August 2020.
At Whittington Health NHS Trust:
In August:
80% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
346 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit
Of those, three were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:
The median time to treatment was 88 minutes
Around 8% of patients left before being treated