Rise in visits to A&E at East Sussex Healthcare last month

More patients visited A&E at East Sussex Healthcare last month – but attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

More patients visited A&E at East Sussex Healthcare last month – but attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 13,279 patients visited A&E at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in July.

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That was a rise of 1% on the 13,169 visits recorded during June, but 2% lower than the 13,521 patients seen in July 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic – in July 2020, there were 10,860 visits to A&E departments run by East Sussex Healthcare.

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

Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.

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That was a decrease of 1% compared to June, and the same number as were seen during July 2021.

At East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust:

In July:

There were 2,165 booked appointments, down from 2,291 in June

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

187 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 1% of patients

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in June:

The median time to treatment was 124 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