Drop in visits to A&E at the Stockport Trust last month

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

NHS England figures show 10,008 patients visited A&E at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in October.

That was a slight drop from the 10,018 visits recorded during September, but 33% more than the 7,536 patients seen in October 2020.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in October 2019, there were 8,877 visits to A&E at the Stockport 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 2.2 million visits last month.

That was an increase of 2% compared to September, and 36% more than the 1.6 million seen during October 2020.

At Stockport NHS Foundation Trust:

In October:

There were 366 booked appointments, up from 265 in September

63% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

1,048 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit

Of those, four were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in September:

The median time to treatment was 97 minutes

Around 5% of patients left before being treated