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Millions swamp A&E in England for coughs and headaches
From 2020/21 to 2024/25, 2.2 million A&E visits in England had no abnormality detected, highlighting winter pressures and reliance on emergency care for minor ailments.
- Press Association analysis shows millions of patients attended Accident and Emergency departments across England between 2020/21 and 2024/25, with nearly 1,900,000 headache cases and 1,200,000 sore-throat attendances.
- Health officials warned this month of a tidal wave of winter illnesses, and NHS England said A&Es faced many unnecessary admissions due to limited primary and community services access.
- PA analysis shows that medics recorded no abnormality for 2,200,000 A&E attendances in 2024/25, while more than half a million patients left before diagnosis; earache and constipation caused 1,000,000 and 290,000 visits respectively.
- NHS staff are expanding routes into care so patients can access faster treatment closer to home, and pharmacists can now supply NHS prescriptions for common illnesses to reduce A&E wait times.
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine leaders say cardiac arrest and broken hip attendances stayed steady, warning this shows healthcare system capacity and design issues.
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