Rise in sport injury cases treated in A&E

Accident and emergency departments in England have seen a 15 per cent rise in sports injury cases in a year, Health and Social Care Information Centre provisional figures show.**Regional data available on request from this publication Just over 388,500 cases were treated in the 12 months to February 2012; up from nearly 338,200 in the previous 12 month period. Sports injury attendances rose by a greater percentage than A&E admissions overall, which rose by seven per cent during the same period, although both figures may be affected by increased recording of A&E data over time. Just