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NHS leaders are urging people to look in on elderly friends and neighbours over the Christmas period to ease pressures on hospital A&E departments.
They warn loneliness and isolation can increase the risk of emergency hospital admissions.
They say people are more likely to report health problems in good time if they have someone to talk to .
The Patients Association says the service could be heading for a "crunch weekend".
Hospitals and ambulance services are already coming under enormous pressure this winter.
Figures released on Friday showed in England there were more than 440,000 visits to A&E the previous week - a rise of 6% on the same period last year.
Emergency admissions reached record levels, rising to more than 111,000.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30578753
They warn loneliness and isolation can increase the risk of emergency hospital admissions.
They say people are more likely to report health problems in good time if they have someone to talk to .
The Patients Association says the service could be heading for a "crunch weekend".
Hospitals and ambulance services are already coming under enormous pressure this winter.
Figures released on Friday showed in England there were more than 440,000 visits to A&E the previous week - a rise of 6% on the same period last year.
Emergency admissions reached record levels, rising to more than 111,000.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30578753