§ Mr. ÖpikTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many operations were cancelled on the day of, or the day after, admission to hospital by(a) health authority and (b) overall; and how many of those patients were not readmitted within a month for the fourth quarter of 1996–97. [793]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsInformation about the number of operations cancelled on the day of, or the day after admission is not collected centrally. The number of patients who were not readmitted within a month is not collected from individual health authorities. The overall figure for the number of patients not readmitted to Welsh hospitals within a month of a cancelled operation in the fourth quarter of 1996–97 was 413.