Around 5,000 fewer heart attack admissions to English hospitals ‘due to Covid’

There were around 5,000 fewer hospital admissions with heart attacks in England by the end of May than would be expected, research suggests. This suggests that thousands of people missed out on potentially life-saving treatment because of the coronavirus outbreak, the study indicates. By the end of May, admission rates had partially recovered, but remained below expected levels. The data indicates only two thirds of the expected admissions with heart attacks took place at the end of March 2020. The study, published in The Lancet, used data regularly collected by NHS Digital from NHS Hospital Trusts in England to get up-to-date information about...