Claim: NHS England estimates that 30% of A&E; visits don't need to be made.
Fact-check: Are patients going to A&E instead of GPs? - Full Fact
Verdict: the primary care foundation estimated in 2010 that between 10% and 30% of cases attending a&e were of a type that could be seen by a gp.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-01-31T00:00:00