PATIENTS visiting A&E for non-urgent medical conditions cost Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust more than £1 million, figures reveal. NHS Digital data shows roughly 7,155 admissions had a primary diagnosis of nothing abnormal detected at Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust in 2019/20. These attendances cost the trust around £1.6 million over the period and accounted for 7% of all emergency activity. The Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust runs, Broomfield Hospital, Braintree Community Hospital, St Michaels Health Centre in Braintree and St Peter s Hospital in Maldon. The NHS says A&E is for serious and life-threatening emergencies, with patients urged to call 111 over other urgent illnesses.