Press release

NHS cancelled elective operations, quarter ending 30 September 2011

Quarterly data on NHS cancelled elective operations were released today by the Department of Health: During the quarter…

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
11 November 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

The key points from the latest release are:

  • During the quarter ending 30 September 2011, 12,952 elective operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons. In the same period in 2010, there were 12,991 cancelled elective operations.
  • Cancelled elective operations during the quarter represented 0.7% of all elective activity compared to 0.7% in the corresponding period in 2010.
  • Of these cancellations, 415 (3.2%) of patients were not treated within 28 days of a cancellation.  In the same period in 2010, 351 (2.7%) of patients were not treated within 28 days.

Full tables are available on the Department of Health website.

Additional Information

Press enquiries contact:
Press Office
Department of Health
Telephone: 020 7210 5221

The Government Statistical Service (GSS) statistician responsible for producing these data is:

Mark Svenson
Knowledge and Intelligence
Department of Health
Room 4E63, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE
Email: unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk

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Published 11 November 2011