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       Has the number of people going to A&E increased?
       By: admini5 Date: May 12, 2015, 3:39 am
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       For many years, the number of people attending A&E remained
       essentially unchanged at around 14 million a year.
       In 2003/4, the number of attendances jumped – by nearly 18 per
       cent – to 16.5 million. This reflects the introduction around
       this time of walk-in centres and minor injuries units (referred
       to as type 3 units in the figures). These aimed to divert less
       serious cases away from major A&E units (type 1 units) and to
       provide easier access to urgent care. Since then, the overall
       number of attendances has increased significantly to 21.7
       million in 2013/14, a rise of more than 30 per cent over the
       decade. Much of this growth has been in attendances at type 3
       units – up by 3.7 million attendances (or 114 per cent) – rather
       than the more traditional type 1 A&E units – up 1.6 million
       attendances (or 12 per cent).
       Figure 2: Total weekly A&E attendances 2012/13 to 2014/15
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       #Post#: 120--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Has the number of people going to A&E increased?
       By: vijay Date: May 12, 2015, 4:24 am
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       The Kings Fund report echoes our experience of running a WiC -
       the growth in attendances has increased year on year.
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