HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 c536W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled last year in England because of a failure of surgical instruments to be properly sterilised. [96052]

Ms Blears

Quarterly data are collected on the number of operations cancelled by the hospital for non-clinical reasons at the last minute (for example, on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital or on the day of their operation) and on the day of surgery. These data are available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.doh.qov.uk/ hospitalactivity/data requests.htm

These data are not broken down into the reasons for cancellation.

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