Drop in visits to minor injury units at the Sussex Community Trust last month

Fewer patients visited minor injury units at the Sussex Community Trust last month – and attendances were lower than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 10,948 patients visited minor injury units at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in September.

That was a drop of 4% on the 11,378 visits recorded during August, and 1% lower than the 11,010 patients seen in September 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in September 2020, there were 8,345 visits to minor injury units run by the Sussex Community Trust.

Across England, A&E departments received 2 million visits last month.

That was a rise of less than 1% compared to August, but 6% fewer than the 2.1 million seen during September 2021.

At Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust:

In September:

97% of arrivals were seen within four hours, against an NHS target of 95%

Separate NHS Digital data reveals that in August:

The median time to treatment was 30 minutes. The median average is used to ensure figures are not skewed by particularly long or short waiting times

Around 4% of patients left before being treated