Drop in visits to A&E at Wirral University Teaching Hospital last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Wirral University Teaching Hospital last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 10,134 patients visited A&E at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in September.

That was a drop of 4% on the 10,596 visits recorded during August, and 8% lower than the 11,070 patients seen in September 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in September 2020, there were 8,214 visits to A&E departments run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital.

​The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care​ – while 26% were via minor injury units.

Across England, A&E departments received 2 million visits last month.

That was a rise of less than 1% compared to August, but 6% fewer than the 2.1 million seen during September 2021.

At Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

In September:

There were 375 booked appointments, up from 359 in August

66% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

616 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 6% of patients

Of those, 18 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in August:

The median time to treatment was 86 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 7% of patients left before being treated