Drop in visits to A&E at the Bolton Trust last month
Fewer patients visited A&E at the Bolton Trust last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 11,677 patients visited A&E at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in June.
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Hide AdThat was a drop of 4% on the 12,183 visits recorded during May, and 2% lower than the 11,897 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 8,755 visits to A&E departments run by the Bolton 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 13% were via minor injury units.
Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.
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Hide AdThat was in line with May, and the same number as were seen during June 2021.
At Bolton NHS Foundation Trust:
In June:
There were 20 booked appointments, down from 42 in May
62% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
958 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 8% of patients
Of those, 359 were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:
The median time to treatment was 88 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