Trend In Non-Ischaemic Cardiac (<45y)

Lessons from an undisclosed NHS Trust

In my previous post on this topic we discovered an unusual peak in the percentage of under 45 A&E admissions coded as Cardiac conditions - other non-ischaemia that occurred during week 4 (w/b 23rd Jan). As an astute member points out these percentages will depend on the assumption that all other conditions trundle along as usual – a sudden surge in people falling off ladders during any one week will dilute the percentage of cardiac admissions.

In the slide below I provide weekly counts for non-ischaemic heart conditions and we observe a peak of 99 cases occurring during week 24 of 2021 (w/b 12th June). Note the huge and sudden drop in admissions during the first lockdown. This wasn’t people magically getting better but people likely dying at home and in care homes from this serious conditions rather than risk going into hospital. Such is the level of fear the government engendered with the help of the Behavioural Insights Team.

UPDATE: Just run a query on those 99 non-ischaemic cardiac …