Fewer patients visited A&E at Hampshire Hospitals Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 12,186 patients visited A&E at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in June.
That was a drop of 1% on the 12,337 visits recorded during May, but 2% more than the 11,954 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 9,930 visits to A&E departments run by Hampshire 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 5% were via minor injury units.
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 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:
In June:
- There were 327 booked appointments, up from 271 in May
- 65% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
- 904 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 7% of patients
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:
- 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 3% of patients left before being treated