One percent of the population make up a third of ambulance call outs

The British Red Cross have found that that 367,000 people, which equates to around one percent of the population in England attend A&E up to 346 times a year.

These figures accounted for nearly one in three ambulance call outs and over one in six A&E visits.

The research analysis found that a fifth of those repeatedly attending A&E lived alone and also often lived in deprived areas of the country.

Frequent users also accounted for 29% of all ambulance call outs and 16% of non-minor-injury A&E visits.

The data also revealed that people in their twenties were more likely to repeatedly visit A&E than any other age category.

Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross, said: 'High intensity use of A&E is closely associated with deprivation and inequalities - if you overlay a map of frequent A&E use and a map of deprivation, they're essentially the same.'

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Source: National Health Executive, 29 November 2021