Drop in visits to A&E at Royal United Hospitals Bath last month

Fewer patients visited A&E at Royal United Hospitals Bath last month.

NHS England figures show 7,551 patients visited A&E at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in August.

That was a drop of 5% on the 7,937 visits recorded during July, but in line with the number seen in August 2021.

The figures show attendances were below the levels seen two years ago – in August 2020, there were 7,697 visits to A&E departments run by Royal United Hospitals Bath.

​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 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust:

In August:

56% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

830 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 11% of patients

Of those, 10 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in July:

The median time to treatment was 103 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 8% of patients left before being treated