Fewer patients visited A&E at the North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.
NHS England figures show 9,392 patients visited A&E at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in November.
That was a drop of eight per cent on the 10,218 visits recorded during October, but 37 per cent more than the 6,878 patients seen in November 2020.
The figures show attendances were below the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in November 2019, there were 10,083 visits to A&E at the North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust, which runs the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and community hospitals.
The majority of attendances last month were via major A&E departments – those with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care – while 15 per cent were via minor injury units.
Across England, A&E departments received two million visits last month.
That was a decrease of six per cent compared to October, but 37 per cent more than the 1.5 million seen during November 2020.
At North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust:
In November:
- There were 167 booked appointments, down from 170 in October
- 74% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
- 916 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit
- Of those, 33 were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in October:
- The median time to treatment was 84 minutes
- Around 3% of patients left before being treated
