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can be around the 56,000 mark
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Taken from
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45783005
from 2018 where the "average" over a year on particular days hit that. So that is a proven statistic and not guess work.
I think numbers from 2018 before all this happened are valid as to volumes the NHS could handle pre-pandemic. In the 3 years since it may be more or less, I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers are actually lower at the moment due to people staying away from hospitals.
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Also, A&E attendance (someone rocking up at A&E with Covid symptoms and being sent home with a packet of Paracetamol 4 hours later) is recorded separately from A&E admissions (someone not being able to breathe arriving by ambulance.), so would not count towards the published Admissions figures for COVID.
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Fair enough.