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<p>A count of unplanned accident and emergency (A&E) attendances<sup>1</sup> that
resulted in a hospital admission<sup>2</sup>, for primary diagnoses of 'dislocation/fracture/joint
injury/amputation'<sup>3</sup>, by month, 2010-11 to 2016-17<sup>4</sup> is in the
table below.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital attendances resulting in admissions,
not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into a National
Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>10,355</p></td><td><p>11,170</p></td><td><p>9,872</p></td><td><p>10,550</p></td><td><p>10,666</p></td><td><p>11,164</p></td><td><p>10,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>10,808</p></td><td><p>10,725</p></td><td><p>11,331</p></td><td><p>11,367</p></td><td><p>11,147</p></td><td><p>11,138</p></td><td><p>12,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>10,291</p></td><td><p>10,325</p></td><td><p>10,430</p></td><td><p>11,268</p></td><td><p>11,368</p></td><td><p>11,542</p></td><td><p>11,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>10,508</p></td><td><p>11,078</p></td><td><p>11,132</p></td><td><p>11,790</p></td><td><p>11,407</p></td><td><p>11,638</p></td><td><p>12,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>10,319</p></td><td><p>11,188</p></td><td><p>11,616</p></td><td><p>11,840</p></td><td><p>10,892</p></td><td><p>11,705</p></td><td><p>11,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>10,088</p></td><td><p>10,937</p></td><td><p>11,291</p></td><td><p>10,857</p></td><td><p>10,984</p></td><td><p>11,312</p></td><td><p>11,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>9,870</p></td><td><p>10,956</p></td><td><p>10,631</p></td><td><p>10,583</p></td><td><p>10,079</p></td><td><p>10,878</p></td><td><p>10,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>8,805</p></td><td><p>9,890</p></td><td><p>9,833</p></td><td><p>10,289</p></td><td><p>9,246</p></td><td><p>10,109</p></td><td><p>9,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>11,111</p></td><td><p>11,083</p></td><td><p>10,731</p></td><td><p>11,018</p></td><td><p>10,232</p></td><td><p>10,518</p></td><td><p>10,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>8,765</p></td><td><p>9,920</p></td><td><p>10,533</p></td><td><p>10,302</p></td><td><p>9,441</p></td><td><p>10,480</p></td><td><p>10,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>7,954</p></td><td><p>9,783</p></td><td><p>8,961</p></td><td><p>9,688</p></td><td><p>8,372</p></td><td><p>9,734</p></td><td><p>9,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>9,158</p></td><td><p>10,564</p></td><td><p>9,962</p></td><td><p>11,148</p></td><td><p>9,516</p></td><td><p>10,219</p></td><td><p>10,638</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The
following attendance category codes identify unplanned A&E attendances:</p><p>1
= First A&E attendance</p><p>3 = Follow-up A&E attendance – unplanned</p><p>9
= Not known</p><p><sup>2</sup>Attendance disposal 01 = Admitted to hospital bed /
become a lodged patient of the same health care provider.</p><p><sup>3</sup>A&E
Diagnosis – The recording of the diagnosis field within the A&E data set is not
mandatory. It is not known to what extent changes over time are as a result of improvements
in recording practice.</p><p>05 = Dislocation/fracture/joint injury/amputation</p><p><sup>4</sup>HES
figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need
to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and
changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in
the provision of care. Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question
and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity occurring between 1 April
2012 and 31 March 2013.</p>
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