Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances in England from November to February for conditions that could have been dealt with elsewhere, according to NHS England. This represents more than 2% of all attendances during that four-month period, taking up vital resources at under-pressure A&Es, health bosses said.