A&Es busiest month during heatwave
A&Es experienced their busiest month on record in May, as last month’s heatwave piled pressure on NHS services. The NHS managed 2,457,398 attendances in A&E during May – up 25,000 on the previous record set in March earlier this year. Ambulance services were also under intense pressure, with paramedics experiencing their third busiest month ever – and demand at levels never seen outside of winter – after handling 832,089 incidents in May. More….