article_snippet: A round-up of the winter's figures show unprecedented demand on A&E, with two weeks in December having the two highest attendance figures ever recorded for a winter period.
article_snippet: And demand in November and December was particularly high, with attendances up by 6.2 per cent over the two months.
article_snippet: The highest peak was seen before Christmas in the week ending December 21, when there were 446,000 attendances - up 9.3 per cent on the same week last winter.