Drop in visits to A&E at Lincolnshire Community Health Services last month

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Fewer patients visited A&E at Lincolnshire Community Health Services last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year, figures reveal.

NHS England figures show 7,047 patients visited minor injury units at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust in November.

That was a drop of 4% on the 7,315 visits recorded during October, but 28% more than the 5,526 patients seen in November 2021.

The figures show attendances were above the levels seen two years ago – in November 2020, there were 4,029 visits to minor injury units run by Lincolnshire Community Health Services.

Across England, A&E departments received 2.2 million visits last month.

That was in line with October, but 6% more than the 2 million seen during November 2021.