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<p>A count of unplanned accident and emergency (A&E) attendances<sup>1</sup> resulting
in an admission<sup>2</sup> and a primary diagnosis of ear, nose and throat (ENT)
conditions<sup>3</sup>, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 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>
</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>2,145</p></td><td><p>2,318</p></td><td><p>2,488</p></td><td><p>2,707</p></td><td><p>3,019</p></td><td><p>2,943</p></td><td><p>3,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2,086</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>2,631</p></td><td><p>2,554</p></td><td><p>2,833</p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>3,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>2,163</p></td><td><p>2,402</p></td><td><p>2,407</p></td><td><p>2,640</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>3,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1,938</p></td><td><p>2,163</p></td><td><p>2,442</p></td><td><p>2,422</p></td><td><p>2,608</p></td><td><p>2,901</p></td><td><p>3,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td><td><p>2,104</p></td><td><p>2,167</p></td><td><p>2,175</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td><td><p>2,517</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>1,791</p></td><td><p>1,942</p></td><td><p>2,203</p></td><td><p>2,104</p></td><td><p>2,207</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>2,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td><td><p>2,518</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,639</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td><td><p>2,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>1,804</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>2,573</p></td><td><p>2,594</p></td><td><p>2,514</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td><td><p>3,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>2,134</p></td><td><p>2,431</p></td><td><p>2,894</p></td><td><p>2,748</p></td><td><p>2,829</p></td><td><p>3,111</p></td><td><p>3,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2,037</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>2,588</p></td><td><p>2,845</p></td><td><p>2,568</p></td><td><p>3,266</p></td><td><p>3,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>1,968</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>2,831</p></td><td><p>2,459</p></td><td><p>3,318</p></td><td><p>3,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2,301</p></td><td><p>2,624</p></td><td><p>2,931</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td><td><p>2,822</p></td><td><p>3,696</p></td><td><p>3,492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup>The following attendance category codes identify unplanned A&E
attendance</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>34 = ENT conditions</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><p>
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