HC Deb 05 December 2001 vol 376 cc366-7W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations on residents of the Buckingham constituency have been cancelled in each quarter in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001 as a result of hospital beds being occupied by delayed discharge patients who (i) were awaiting social services funding or assessment and (ii) who had fully funded social services packages arranged. [17855]

Jacqui Smith

Information is not collected centrally in the format requested.

Statistics on the number of operations cancelled for non-medical reasons in each health authority are collected on a quarterly basis. Copies are available in the Library. The latest figures are for quarter 1 (April-June) of the 2001–02 financial year.