Published:
4:02 PM May 25, 2021
Updated:
9:06 AM May 26, 2021
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, James Paget Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Picture: Brittany Woodman/Sonya Duncan
- Credit: Brittany Woodman/Sonya Duncan
A near-record number of patients attended A&E at the region s hospitals last month as lockdown eased, new figures show.
Latest NHS data show the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH), in Gorleston and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King s Lynn saw patient numbers last seen in August 2020.
In April, when the second phase of the government s roadmap come into effect, the overall number of patients in A&E was 16,611 at the NNUH, at the JPUH 6,388 and 6,121 at the QEH.
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