Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the number of A&E admissions for respiratory conditions in each month of financial year (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2011-12.
The following table shows the number of attendances at accident and emergency (A&E) departments with a primary diagnosis of respiratory conditions in each month for the years between 2011-12 and 2015-16.
Count of the number of A&E attendances with a primary diagnosis of respiratory conditions, for each of the years between 2011-12 and 2015-16. |
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
April | 37,546 | 43,051 | 46,535 | 47,303 | 48,869 |
May | 33,758 | 43,899 | 42,281 | 46,452 | 45,873 |
June | 31,019 | 41,083 | 36,435 | 40,211 | 40,971 |
July | 31,026 | 45,978 | 35,884 | 37,353 | 40,622 |
August | 28,476 | 32,444 | 29,760 | 32,824 | 37,342 |
September | 33,524 | 40,523 | 41,191 | 40,228 | 49,217 |
October | 42,256 | 48,595 | 47,695 | 47,952 | 59,696 |
November | 47,571 | 53,660 | 52,254 | 58,368 | 66,932 |
December | 58,664 | 70,923 | 67,131 | 87,073 | 74,350 |
January | 49,206 | 55,213 | 51,542 | 60,793 | 71,509 |
February | 49,494 | 49,492 | 47,364 | 49,888 | 65,763 |
March | 48,286 | 54,158 | 50,249 | 54,256 | 74,935 |
Total | 490,826 | 579,019 | 548,321 | 602,701 | 676,079 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
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