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

Fewer patients visited A&E at Liverpool University Hospitals Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 26,023 patients visited A&E at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in June.

That was a drop of 2% on the 26,688 visits recorded during May, but 4% more than the 24,928 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 19,525 visits to A&E departments run by Liverpool University 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 33% were via minor injury units.

Meanwhile, around 1% were via consultant-led departments with single specialties, such as eye conditions or dental problems.

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 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

In June:

There were 472 booked appointments, down from 548 in May

67% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

2,348 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 9% of patients

Of those, 19 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 112 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 9% of patients left before being treated