{"value":{"id":1751085,"askingMemberId":4131,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","uin":"20968","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have presented at Accident and Emergency with respiratory concerns in the last six months.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4444,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","answerText":"

The following table shows the number of type 1 and 2 accident and emergency attendances, as well as the percentage and number of those with a chief complaint relating to airway and breathing, in each of the last six months:

Month

Number of type 1 and 2 attendances

Percentage of type 1 and 2 attendances with a chief complaint relating to airway and/or breathing

Calculated number of attendances with a chief complaint relating to airway and/or breathing

November 2024

1,409,807

10.7%

150,245

October 2024

1,473,046

9.4%

137,925

September 2024

1,379,834

8.1%

111,450

August 2024

1,334,803

6.1%

81,990

July 2024

1,453,043

7.2%

105,251

June 2024

1,444,539

7.5%

107,971

Total

8,495,072

8.2%

694,832

Source: data is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2024-25/
Note: the data for November 2024 is provisional.

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