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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Daniel Keane

People living in deprived areas twice as likely to go to A&E

People in deprived areas of England are twice as likely to attend A&E as wealthier regions, new figures show.

There were around twice as many attendances to A&E departments in England for the 10 per cent of the population living in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived 10 per per cent, according to NHS data.

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