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 12,101 patients visited A&E at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in July.

That was a drop of 1% on the 12,186 visits recorded during June, but 1% more than the 12,020 patients seen in July 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic – in July 2020, there were 9,780 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 4% were via minor injury units.

Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.

That was a decrease of 1% compared to June, and the same number as were seen during July 2021.

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

In July:

  • There were 325 booked appointments, down from 327 in June
  • 61% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
  • 1,116 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 9% of patients
  • Of those, seven were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in June:

  • The median time to treatment was 103 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