A line chart from the Institute for Government showing Change in attendances at major A&E departments, actual and trend, since February 2020. Attendances dropped sharply during the pandemic, falling 24.9% below pre-pandemic levels by early 2021, before recovering to around pre-pandemic levels by 2022. Since then, change in attendances has remained broadly flat, reaching 4.8% in September 2025, while the pre-pandemic trend indicates it would have grown by around 8.5% over the same time period.