Fewer patients visited A&E at the Wye Valley Trust last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 5,579 patients visited A&E at Wye Valley NHS Trust in August.
That was a drop of 8% on the 6,041 visits recorded during July, and 1% lower than the 5,629 patients seen in August 2021.
The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in August 2020, there were 5,365 visits to A&E departments run by the Wye Valley 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 million visits last month.
That was a decrease of 8% compared to July, and the same number as were seen during August 2021.
At Wye Valley NHS Trust:
In August:
- There were 152 booked appointments, up from 70 in July
- 56% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
- 476 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 9% of patients
- Of those, 278 were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:
- The median time to treatment was 59 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times
- Around 6% of patients left before being treated