A&E attendances: record highs and lows
The extremes of a&e attendances as published by NHS England, across the 192 periods held here (August 2010 to July 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
The latest figure, 2,487,580 in July 2026, is the highest in the whole published series of 192 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.
Highest published
2,487,580July 2026
Lowest published
916,575April 2020
The full series
The chart as a table
| Period | A&E attendances |
|---|---|
| August 2010 | 1,752,381 attendances |
| September 2010 | 1,756,268 attendances |
| October 2010 | 1,801,348 attendances |
| November 2010 | 1,651,027 attendances |
| December 2010 | 1,737,741 attendances |
| January 2011 | 1,727,797 attendances |
| February 2011 | 1,599,364 attendances |
| March 2011 | 1,863,441 attendances |
| April 2011 | 1,844,375 attendances |
| May 2011 | 1,873,695 attendances |
| June 2011 | 1,785,417 attendances |
| July 2011 | 1,864,959 attendances |
| August 2011 | 1,758,108 attendances |
| September 2011 | 1,781,211 attendances |
| October 2011 | 1,848,912 attendances |
| November 2011 | 1,741,441 attendances |
| December 2011 | 1,732,046 attendances |
| January 2012 | 1,737,518 attendances |
| February 2012 | 1,704,232 attendances |
| March 2012 | 1,933,153 attendances |
| April 2012 | 1,769,523 attendances |
| May 2012 | 1,929,570 attendances |
| June 2012 | 1,887,841 attendances |
| July 2012 | 1,924,523 attendances |
| August 2012 | 1,845,142 attendances |
| September 2012 | 1,788,491 attendances |
| October 2012 | 1,832,304 attendances |
| November 2012 | 1,755,605 attendances |
| December 2012 | 1,822,426 attendances |
| January 2013 | 1,733,118 attendances |
| February 2013 | 1,648,748 attendances |
| March 2013 | 1,865,084 attendances |
| April 2013 | 1,831,420 attendances |
| May 2013 | 1,891,670 attendances |
| June 2013 | 1,831,036 attendances |
| July 2013 | 1,976,289 attendances |
| August 2013 | 1,840,591 attendances |
| September 2013 | 1,768,749 attendances |
| October 2013 | 1,829,429 attendances |
| November 2013 | 1,733,037 attendances |
| December 2013 | 1,782,029 attendances |
| January 2014 | 1,739,539 attendances |
| February 2014 | 1,661,814 attendances |
| March 2014 | 1,957,341 attendances |
| April 2014 | 1,877,676 attendances |
| May 2014 | 1,978,028 attendances |
| June 2014 | 1,942,268 attendances |
| July 2014 | 1,993,631 attendances |
| August 2014 | 1,817,310 attendances |
| September 2014 | 1,853,286 attendances |
| October 2014 | 1,892,374 attendances |
| November 2014 | 1,830,460 attendances |
| December 2014 | 1,901,227 attendances |
| January 2015 | 1,732,067 attendances |
| February 2015 | 1,654,846 attendances |
| March 2015 | 1,942,967 attendances |
| April 2015 | 1,873,168 attendances |
| May 2015 | 1,937,469 attendances |
| June 2015 | 1,911,209 attendances |
| July 2015 | 1,952,895 attendances |
| August 2015 | 1,865,139 attendances |
| September 2015 | 1,859,979 attendances |
| October 2015 | 1,923,108 attendances |
| November 2015 | 1,874,235 attendances |
| December 2015 | 1,867,652 attendances |
| January 2016 | 1,906,920 attendances |
| February 2016 | 1,870,776 attendances |
| March 2016 | 2,087,553 attendances |
| April 2016 | 1,867,781 attendances |
| May 2016 | 2,070,340 attendances |
| June 2016 | 1,958,802 attendances |
| July 2016 | 2,079,034 attendances |
| August 2016 | 1,932,901 attendances |
| September 2016 | 1,952,464 attendances |
| October 2016 | 2,001,816 attendances |
| November 2016 | 1,907,871 attendances |
| December 2016 | 1,944,567 attendances |
| January 2017 | 1,895,272 attendances |
| February 2017 | 1,735,619 attendances |
| March 2017 | 2,015,834 attendances |
| April 2017 | 1,949,762 attendances |
| May 2017 | 2,066,789 attendances |
| June 2017 | 1,994,056 attendances |
| July 2017 | 2,073,944 attendances |
| August 2017 | 1,924,663 attendances |
| September 2017 | 1,925,961 attendances |
| October 2017 | 2,044,137 attendances |
| November 2017 | 1,976,971 attendances |
| December 2017 | 2,003,954 attendances |
| January 2018 | 2,000,086 attendances |
| February 2018 | 1,820,012 attendances |
| March 2018 | 2,049,785 attendances |
| April 2018 | 1,984,369 attendances |
| May 2018 | 2,164,458 attendances |
| June 2018 | 2,093,942 attendances |
| July 2018 | 2,179,896 attendances |
| August 2018 | 1,997,854 attendances |
| September 2018 | 2,005,695 attendances |
| October 2018 | 2,079,492 attendances |
| November 2018 | 2,037,847 attendances |
| December 2018 | 2,047,518 attendances |
| January 2019 | 2,113,413 attendances |
| February 2019 | 1,954,947 attendances |
| March 2019 | 2,167,551 attendances |
| April 2019 | 2,112,165 attendances |
| May 2019 | 2,172,006 attendances |
| June 2019 | 2,107,987 attendances |
| July 2019 | 2,265,050 attendances |
| August 2019 | 2,125,435 attendances |
| September 2019 | 2,123,345 attendances |
| October 2019 | 2,170,885 attendances |
| November 2019 | 2,143,505 attendances |
| December 2019 | 2,180,537 attendances |
| January 2020 | 2,114,709 attendances |
| February 2020 | 1,969,691 attendances |
| March 2020 | 1,531,801 attendances |
| April 2020 | 916,575 attendances |
| May 2020 | 1,261,837 attendances |
| June 2020 | 1,410,602 attendances |
| July 2020 | 1,588,286 attendances |
| August 2020 | 1,719,003 attendances |
| September 2020 | 1,693,880 attendances |
| October 2020 | 1,599,347 attendances |
| November 2020 | 1,485,176 attendances |
| December 2020 | 1,474,674 attendances |
| January 2021 | 1,310,806 attendances |
| February 2021 | 1,278,091 attendances |
| March 2021 | 1,691,282 attendances |
| April 2021 | 1,866,232 attendances |
| May 2021 | 2,075,542 attendances |
| June 2021 | 2,157,132 attendances |
| July 2021 | 2,160,128 attendances |
| August 2021 | 2,035,967 attendances |
| September 2021 | 2,127,204 attendances |
| October 2021 | 2,164,802 attendances |
| November 2021 | 2,037,955 attendances |
| December 2021 | 1,874,642 attendances |
| January 2022 | 1,875,202 attendances |
| February 2022 | 1,825,363 attendances |
| March 2022 | 2,174,798 attendances |
| April 2022 | 2,028,796 attendances |
| May 2022 | 2,233,053 attendances |
| June 2022 | 2,191,691 attendances |
| July 2022 | 2,181,655 attendances |
| August 2022 | 1,995,679 attendances |
| September 2022 | 2,008,489 attendances |
| October 2022 | 2,188,028 attendances |
| November 2022 | 2,178,804 attendances |
| December 2022 | 2,294,079 attendances |
| January 2023 | 1,968,338 attendances |
| February 2023 | 1,914,279 attendances |
| March 2023 | 2,165,951 attendances |
| April 2023 | 2,034,040 attendances |
| May 2023 | 2,245,919 attendances |
| June 2023 | 2,225,726 attendances |
| July 2023 | 2,199,787 attendances |
| August 2023 | 2,109,861 attendances |
| September 2023 | 2,170,046 attendances |
| October 2023 | 2,224,320 attendances |
| November 2023 | 2,167,584 attendances |
| December 2023 | 2,184,918 attendances |
| January 2024 | 2,230,825 attendances |
| February 2024 | 2,157,822 attendances |
| March 2024 | 2,370,221 attendances |
| April 2024 | 2,240,668 attendances |
| May 2024 | 2,416,292 attendances |
| June 2024 | 2,294,065 attendances |
| July 2024 | 2,324,832 attendances |
| August 2024 | 2,160,791 attendances |
| September 2024 | 2,214,217 attendances |
| October 2024 | 2,360,536 attendances |
| November 2024 | 2,314,998 attendances |
| December 2024 | 2,345,934 attendances |
| January 2025 | 2,218,130 attendances |
| February 2025 | 2,088,071 attendances |
| March 2025 | 2,389,064 attendances |
| April 2025 | 2,297,421 attendances |
| May 2025 | 2,397,529 attendances |
| June 2025 | 2,351,581 attendances |
| July 2025 | 2,408,866 attendances |
| August 2025 | 2,266,937 attendances |
| September 2025 | 2,310,222 attendances |
| October 2025 | 2,401,266 attendances |
| November 2025 | 2,347,046 attendances |
| December 2025 | 2,326,139 attendances |
| January 2026 | 2,319,296 attendances |
| February 2026 | 2,117,450 attendances |
| March 2026 | 2,432,272 attendances |
| April 2026 | 2,345,329 attendances |
| May 2026 | 2,457,398 attendances |
| June 2026 | 2,437,906 attendances |
| July 2026 | 2,487,580 attendances |
What a record here is, and is not
A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.