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Originally Posted by Mr K
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More people used the NHS?
In November 2010, there were 1.55 million attendances at English A&E; in November 2016 there were 1.9 million.
Also, comparing usage from a decade ago is quite illuminating...
http://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/k...ics-on-the-nhs
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NHS activity
The NHS deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours.
In 2015/16 there were 40 per cent more operations ('procedures and interventions' as defined by Hospital Episode Statistics, excluding diagnostic testing) completed by the NHS compared to 2005/06, with an increase from 7.215m to 10.119m.
There were 16.252m total hospital admissions in 2015/16, 28 per cent more than a decade earlier (12.679m).
The total annual attendances at Accident & Emergency departments was 22.923m in 2015/16, 22 per cent higher than a decade earlier (18.759m).
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