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Planned operations fell by 80 per cent
NHS figures show that planned operations in England fell by 80 per cent in May compared with this time 12 months ago.
A raft of stats published by NHS England show how dramatically use of the health service has been changed by coronavirus. Alongside the headline figure, the statistics also indicate that the number of people attending A&E was a third lower in June than in the same month last year, and that non-emergency surgery, including cancer and heart operations, fell from from 296,000 in May 2019 to 55,000 in May this year.
There were also 1.4 million A&E attendances in June compared with 2.1 million in June 2019, slightly increasing on the figure for May (1.26 million).
However, waiting lists for treatment also fell as fewer people are having key tests for cancer and heart disease.
As services have paused, the number of patients on a waiting list to start treatment has actually fallen from 4.4 million in May 2019 to 3.8 million patients in May this year. This had been expected, since fewer people have been going for tests which could indicate people need procedures - and is likely to shoot back up.
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