NHS England · 8 May 2015 – 9 June 2017

A&E attendances during the Conservative 2015–2017 government

April 2015 → May 2017 · 25 periods

↑ 10.3%+193,621 attendances

A&E attendances rose by 10.3% over the period, from 1,873,168 attendances (April 2015, the level when the government took office) to 2,066,789 (May 2017, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level April 2015: 1,873,168
Level when it left May 2017: 2,066,789
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

Attendances at accident and emergency departments in England in the month, across all department types: major A&Es (type 1), single-specialty departments (type 2) and minor injury units and urgent treatment centres (type 3).

Doesn’t measure: People (one person can attend repeatedly), ambulance callouts, NHS 111 contacts, or how serious the attendances were: a rise can mean more illness or more use of A&E instead of other services.