Drop in visits to A&E at the South Warwickshire Trust last month

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

NHS England figures show 7,311 patients visited A&E at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 5% on the 7,691 visits recorded during May, and 1% lower than the 7,357 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 4,862 visits to A&E departments run by the South Warwickshire 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 in line with May, and the same number as were seen during June 2021.

At South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 65 booked appointments, up from 37 in May

65% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

361 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 5% of patients

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

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 5% of patients left before being treated