§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the annual change in the number of patients in the Trent region who have had operations cancelled(a) on the day they were due to go into hospital and (b) after admission since 1994–95. [15017]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on operations cancelled for non-medical reasons on the day a patient is due to be admitted, or after admission, is available in the Library.
Deaths at Rotherham District General Hospital, by day and by age 11995 Age group Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 1 1 1 3 — 4 4 1–19 — — 2 — — — — 20–39 2 — 3 5 4 4 1 40–59 18 12 13 15 15 14 9 60–64 7 14 12 10 17 19 17 65–69 22 16 22 22 21 20 15 70–74 30 33 33 39 34 32 32 75–79 35 26 32 38 30 34 40 80–84 33 30 45 30 38 27 30 85 and over 39 33 33 36 45 27 25 All ages 187 165 196 198 204 181 173 1 In 1995, there were 53 Sundays and 52 occurrences of each other weekday.
11996 Age group Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 — — 2 1 1 — — 1–19 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 20–39 1 — — — 1 1 — 40–59 8 1 4 3 10 3 4 60–64 9 3 1 6 2 4 4 65–69 16 13 5 7 10 6 9 70–74 10 18 23 14 21 12 15 75–79 21 18 9 17 19 24 12 80–84 23 21 21 23 15 27 19 85 and over 19 14 19 28 17 17 20 All ages 108 89 84 100 97 95 84 1 During the period covered in this table (January to June), each weekday had 26 occurrences.