§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many operating theatre sessions have been cancelled in each region in each of the last five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on cancellations of operating theatre sessions is not centrally available. The number of admissions which were cancelled by hospitals for the year ending 31 March 1994, the first year for which accurate information is centrally available, is shown in the table.
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NHSiS—cancellations of admission1 by health board area of treatment: year ending 31 March 1994 Total cancellations
Scotland 6,170 Argyll and Clyde 274 Ayrshire and Arran 435 Borders 80 Dumfries and Galloway 65 Fife 418
Total cancellations Forth Valley 19 Grampian 964 Greater Glasgow 1,429 Highland 403 Lanarkshire 188 Lothian 1,247 Orkney 4 Shetland 38 Tayside 605 Western Isles 1 1 Cancellations by hospital of admission for inpatient or day case treatment in the following surgical specialties: general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ENT surgery, ophthalmology, urology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, orthodontics and paediatric dentistry, oral surgery and oral medicine, restorative dentistry, paediatric surgery and gynaecology.