Drop in visits to A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals Trust last month

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

NHS England figures show 7,354 patients visited A&E at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in August.

That was a drop of 44% on the 13,245 visits recorded during July, and 37% lower than the 11,626 patients seen in August 2021.

The figures show attendances were below the levels seen two years ago – in August 2020, there were 8,053 visits to A&E departments run by Hillingdon Hospitals 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 25% were via minor injury units.

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 Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

In August:

There were 46 booked appointments, down from 735 in July

57% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

538 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 7% of patients

Of those, 18 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:

The median time to treatment was 119 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 4% of patients left before being treated