There were almost 2.3 million admissions at Accident and Emergency (A&E) department last month which is the most since the NHS started to keep records.
NHS started to keep monthly records in June 2015. The total amount of A&E admissions last month were 2,266,913; this is an increase of 4% when compared with July 2018.
Only 86.5% of patients were seen within the four hour target, this means the 95% target has not been met once again in four years. There was over 57,600 delays from admissions and 436 of these were delayed for over 12 hours which is over double compared to July 2018.
Just three of the 199 NHS Trusts with type one departments were able to achieve the 95% target.
An NHS spokesman said: “A&E doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff have pulled out all the stops to deal with the record heat and record number of attendees over July, treating the highest number of patients ever within four hours, and on average 2,300 more people a day within four hours than in June.
“At the same time, a record number of people have benefited from fast cancer checks or treatment for psychosis and eating disorders over the last three months, while millions more people have benefited from routine tests and treatments over the last year.”
