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

Fewer patients visited A&E at the North Bristol Trust last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 8,319 patients visited A&E at North Bristol NHS Trust in June.

That was a drop of 4% on the 8,700 visits recorded during May, and 5% lower than the 8,728 patients seen in June 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in June 2020, there were 6,725 visits to A&E departments run by the North Bristol 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 in line with May, and the same number as were seen during June 2021.

At North Bristol NHS Trust:

In June:

There were 232 booked appointments, down from 689 in May

59% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

963 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit – 12% of patients

Of those, 297 were delayed by more than 12 hours

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in May:

The median time to treatment was 104 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 6% of patients left before being treated