Drop in visits to A&E at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 10,230 patients visited A&E at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in April.

That was a drop of 5% on the 10,760 visits recorded during March, but 1% more than the 10,139 patients seen in April 2021.

The figures show attendances were well above the levels seen at the start of the coronavirus pandemic – in April 2020, there were 4,806 visits to A&E at sites run by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care.

The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 21% were via minor injury units.

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

That was a decrease of 7% compared to March, but 9% more than the 1.9 million seen during April 2021.

At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust:

In April:

There were 263 booked appointments, up from 234 in March

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

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

Of those, 282 were delayed by more than 12 hours