Rise in visits to A&E at QEH King's Lynn
Figures were up month-on-month and year-on-year
Last updated 14th May 2021
More patients visited A&E at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital last month, with demand rising above the levels seen during the first national lockdown last year.
NHS England figures show 6,121 patients visited A&E at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust in April.
That was a rise of 7% on the 5,742 visits recorded during March, and 74% more than the 3,527 patients seen in April the previous year.
The figures show attendances were above the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic - in April 2019, there were 5,950 visits to A&E at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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 1.9 million visits last month.
That was an increase of 11% compared to March, and more than double the 916,600 seen during April 2020 - a reflection of lower-than-usual numbers for that month as more people avoided hospitals during the early days of the pandemic.
At The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust:
In April:
There were 229 booked appointments, down from 240 in March
82% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%
259 patients waited longer than four hours for treatment following a decision to admit
Of those, three were delayed by more than 12 hours
Separate data reveals that in March:
The median time to treatment was 27 minutes
Around 1% of patients left before being treated