HC Deb 10 April 2002 vol 383 cc400-13W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of patients were not readmitted within a month of their operation being cancelled in(a)England and (b)each health authority in each year since 1997–98; [44368]

(2) what was the percentage of operations cancelled at short notice for non-clinical reasons in (a)England and (b)each health authority for each year since 1997–98. [44290]

Mr. Hutton

Information for 1997–98 to 2000–01 is shown in the tables.

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2000–01
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y01—QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 200 24 12 0.6
Y01—QDH Leeds HA 602 249 41 0.6
Y01—QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 1,661 422 25 1.8
Y01—QDK North Cumbria HA 767 104 14 2.5
Y01—QDM Northumberland HA 48 4 8 0.1
Y01—QDN Sunderland HA 206 6 3 0.5
Y01—QDP Tees HA 998 74 7 1.2
Y01—QDQ Wakefield HA 966 235 24 2.5
Y01—QDR North Yorkshire HA 791 63 8 1.0
Y01—QDT Calderdale and Kirklees HA 744 173 23 1.4
Y02—QCG Barnsley HA 37 3 8 0.2
Y02—QCH North Derbyshire Health 339 5 1 1.4
Y02—QCJ Southern Derbyshire Health 231 0 0.4
Y02—QCK Doncaster HA 344 43 13 0.9
Y02—QCL Leicester HA 987 124 13 1.1
Y02—QCM Lincolnshire Health 508 65 13 0.9
Y02—QCN North Nottinghamshire Health 360 0 1.0
Y02—QCP Nottingham HA 501 52 10 0.6
Y02—QCQ Rotherham HA 159 40 25 0.8
Y02—QCR Sheffield Health 1,398 42 3 1.5
Y02—QDL South Humber HA 292 0 0.6
Y07—QD9 Birmingham HA 2,633 85 3 1.7
Y07—QEA Coventry Health 759 156 21 2.0
Y07—QEC Dudley HA 360 10 3 1.1
Y07—QED Herefordshire HA 356 108 30 2.0
Y07—QEE Sandwell HA 181 22 12 0.8
Y07—QEF Shropshire HA 285 110 39 0.7
Y07—QEG Solihull HA
Y07—QEH North Staffordshire HA 766 87 11 1.1
Y07—QEJ South Staffordshire HA 516 90 17 1.0
Y07—QEK Walsall HA 149 0 0.8
Y07—QEL Warwickshire HA 278 51 18 0.7
Y07—QEM Wolverhampton HA 85 4 5 0.2
Y07—QEN Worcestershire HA 337 72 21 0.8
Y08—QC1 South Lancashire HA 426 2 0 2.3
Y08—QC2 Liverpool HA 571 130 23 0.8
Y08—QC3 Manchester Health 2,330 1,057 45 1.6
Y08—QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 803 135 17 2.2
Y08—QC5 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 808 220 27 2.7
Y08—QC6 Salford and Trafford HA 507 85 17 0.9
Y08—QC7 Sefton HA 479 54 11 0.8
Y08—QC8 Stockport HA 404 16 4 1.1
Y08—QC9 West Pennine HA 609 121 20 1.1
Y08—QCT Bury and Rochdale HA 31 5 16 0.1
Y08—QCV North Cheshire Health 464 112 24 1.4
Y08—QCW South Cheshire HA 1,185 341 29 2.1
Y08—QCX East Lancashire 579 49 8 1.0
Y08—QCY North West Lancashire HA 492 17 3 0.4
Y08—QDA Wigan and Bolton HA 1,032 359 35 1.8
Y08—QDC Wirral Health 223 44 20 0.6
Y09—QA6 Bedfordshire HA 894 52 7 1.7
Y09—QAX North Essex HA 1,246 182 15 1.8
Y09—QAY South Essex HA 1,299 234 18. 2.4
Y09—QCF Suffolk Health 955 326 34 1.8
Y09—QEP East and North Hertfordshire HA 490 197 40 1.4
Y09—QEC West Hertfordshire HA 425 17 4 1.1
Y09—QA9 Cambridgeshire HA 1,467 526 36 1.5
Y09—QCA Norfolk HA 824 194 24 0.8
Y010—QA2 Hillingdon HA 390 8 2 2.5
Y10—QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1,349 151 11 1.5
Y10—QA4 Enfield and Haringey HA 592 126 21 3.3
Y10—QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 1,038 532 51 2.5
Y10—QAA Bexley and Greenwich HA 320 0 1.0
Y10—QAC Bromley HA 615 66 11 2.2
Y10—QAD Croydon HA 430 174 40 2.2
Y10—QAG Kingston and Richmond HA 277 24 9 1.5
Y10—QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 1,339 386 29 1.5
Y10—QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 1,466 368 25 2.1
Y10—QAP Barking and Havering HA 1,984 534 27 6.5
Y10—QAQ Barnet HA1 380 194 51 1.1
Y10—QAR Brent and Harrow HA2 924 123 13 3.6
Y10—QAT Camden and Islington HA 1,612 439 27 1.3

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2000–01
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y10—QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 953 107 11 1.5
Y10—QAW East London and The City HA 1,787 642 36 2.8
Y11—QA7 Berkshire HA 1,840 141 8 2.9
Y11—QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 2,082 302 15 4.6
Y11—QAE East Kent HA 785 307 39 1.3
Y11—QAF West Kent HA 1,027 321 31 1.5
Y11—QAK East Surrey HA 436 28 6 2.4
Y11—QAL West Surrey Health Commission 1,705 544 32 2.7
Y11—QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 1,426 300 21 2.2
Y11—QAN West Sussex HA 777 191 25 1.8
Y11—QCC Northamptonshire HA 489 101 21 1.0
Y11—QCE Oxfordshire HA 2,221 599 27 3.9
Y11—QD1 North and Mid Hampshire HA 422 151 36 1.2
Y11—QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 599 47 8 1.1
Y11—QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,154 239 21 2.0
Y11—QD4 Isle of Wight HA 412 86 21 5.2
Y12—QD5 Somerset HA 510 125 25 1.2
Y12—QD6 South and West Devon HA 1,199 225 19 1.5
Y12—QD7 Wiltshire HA 790 227 29 1.0
Y12—QD8 Avon Health 3,544 963 27 3.3
Y12—QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 464 186 40 1.0
Y12—QDW Dorset HA 877 122 14 0.9
Y12—QDX North and East Devon HA 728 196 27 1.1
Y12—QDY Gloucestershire Health 669 62 9 1.0
1Figures for Q1 2000–01 reflect changes in local recording and reporting arrangements.
2Includes estimates.

Note:

Charter Standard: Operations should not be cancelled (for non-clinical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital and that, if this happens, patients should be admitted to hospital within one month of the first cancellation.

Source:

Department of Health form QMPC, Hospital Episode Statistics

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1999–2000
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y00 England 60,242 12,421 21 1.1
Y01—QDD Bradford HA 442 13 3 0.7
Y01—QDE County Durham HA 318 34 11 0.7
Y01—QDF East Riding HA 382 83 22 0.7
Y01—QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 70 7 10 0.2
Y01—QDH Leeds HA 717 202 28 0.8
Y01—QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 1,189 124 10 1.3
Y01—QDK North Cumbria HA 374 69 18 1.2
Y01—QDM Northumberland HA 55 10 18 0.1
Y01—QDN Sunderland HA 157 0 0 0.4
Y01—QDP Tees HA 756 119 16 0.9
Y01—QDQ Wakefield HA 574 79 14 1.5
Y01—QDR North Yorkshire HA 536 57 11 0.7
Y01—QDT Calderdale and Kirklees HA 464 103 22 0.9
Y02—QCG Barnsley HA 37 1 3 0.2
Y02—QCH North Derbyshire Health 301 2 1 1.3
Y02—QCJ Southern Derbyshire Health 13 0 0 0.0
Y02—QCK Doncaster HA 237 20 8 0.6
Y02—QCL Leicester HA 905 86 10 1.0
Y02—QCM Lincolnshire Health 621 109 18 1.1
Y02—QCN North Nottinghamshire Health 182 0 0 0.5
Y02—QCP Nottingham HA 398 5 1 0.5
Y02—QCQ Rotherham HA 118 33 28 0.6
Y02—QCR Sheffield Health 964 40 4 1.1
Y02—QDL South Humber HA 333 0 0 0.8
Y07—QD9 Birmingham HA 2,499 118 5 1.7
Y07—QEA Coventry Health 843 234 28 1.9
Y07—QEC Dudley HA 106 23 22 0.3

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1999–2000
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y07—QED Herefordshire HA 161 30 19 1.0
Y07—QEE Sandwell HA 157 57 36 0.8
Y07—QEF Shropshire HA 319 99 31 0.7
Y07—QEG Solihull HA
Y07—QEH North Staffordshire HA 827 158 19 1.2
Y07—QEJ South Staffordshire HA 261 70 27 0.5
Y07—QEK Walsall HA 99 0 0 0.5
Y07—QEL Warwickshire HA 326 56 17 0.9
Y07—QEM Wolverhampton HA 90 8 9 0.2
Y07—QEN Worcestershire HA 195 53 27 0.5
Y08—QC1 South Lancashire HA 102 0 0 1.5
Y08—QC2 Liverpool HA 707 253 36 1.0
Y08—QC3 Manchester Health 2,069 520 25 1.0
Y08—QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 309 60 19 0.7
Y08—QC5 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 235 33 14 0.8
Y08—QC6 Salford and Trafford HA 513 100 19 0.9
Y08—QC7 Sefton HA 299 25 8 0.5
Y08—QC8 Stockport HA 405 31 8 1.1
Y08—QC9 West Pennine HA 263 21 8 0.5
Y08—QCT Bury and Rochdale HA 42 3 7 0.1
Y08—QCV North Cheshire Health 143 26 18 0.4
Y08—QCW South Cheshire HA 1,031 316 31 1.9
Y08—QCX East Lancashire 437 45 10 0.8
Y08—QCY North West Lancashire HA 583 31 5 0.5
Y08—QDA Wigan and Bolton HA 621 207 33 1.1
Y08—QDC Wirral Health 87 28 32 0.3
Y09—QA6 Bedfordshire HA 368 36 10 1.0
Y09—QAX North Essex HA 1,266 271 21 1.9
Y09—QAY South Essex HA 1,045 55 5 2.0
Y09—QCF Suffolk Health 509 144 28 1.0
Y09—QEP East and North Hertfordshire HA 532 151 28 1.4
Y09—QEC West Hertfordshire HA 214 13 6 0.6
Y09—QA9 Cambridgeshire HA 1,449 402 28 1.6
Y09—QCA Norfolk HA 796 112 14 0.8
Y010—QA2 Hillingdon HA 423 4 1 2.7
Y10—QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 577 89 15 0.7
Y10—QA4 Enfield and Haringey HA 551 181 33 2.7
Y10—QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 938 334 36 2.3
Y10—QAA Bexley and Greenwich HA 235 0 0 0.7
Y10—QAC Bromley HA 371 47 13 1.4
Y10—QAD Croydon HA 603 203 34 2.6
Y10—QAG Kingston and Richmond HA 392 58 15 1.1
Y10—QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 1,067 320 30 1.2
Y10—QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 1,211 328 27 1.7
Y10—QAP Barking and Havering HA 665 235 35 2.2
Y10—QAQ Barnet HA1 0 0 0 0.0
Y10—QAR Brent and Harrow HA2 784 307 39 2.1
Y10—QAT Camden and Islington HA 1,612 355 22 1.3
Y10—QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 678 205 30 1.1
Y10—QAW East London and The City HA 919 670 73 1.5
Y11—QA7 Berkshire HA 1,272 27 2 1.9
Y11—QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 903 112 12 2.0
Y11—QAE East Kent HA 799 128 16 1.2
Y11—QAF West Kent HA 1,006 237 24 1.5
Y11—QAK East Surrey HA 342 88 26 1.9
Y11—QAL West Surrey Health Commission 1,564 313 20 2.2
Y11—QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 1,053 459 44 1.6
Y11—QAN West Sussex HA 848 188 22 2.1
Y11—QCC Northamptonshire HA 284 45 16 0.6
Y11—QCE Oxfordshire HA 1,880 491 26 3.0
Y11—QD1 North and Mid Hampshire HA 454 153 34 1.4
Y11—QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 704 123 17 1.7
Y11—QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,404 310 22 2.2
Y11—QD4 Isle of Wight HA 110 14 13 0.9
Y12—QD5 Somerset HA 426 129 30 1.0
Y12—QD6 South and West Devon HA 854 136 16 1.0
Y12—QD7 Wiltshire HA 448 173 39 0.6
Y12—QD8 Avon Health 2,102 454 22 2.0
Y12—QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 589 185 31 1.1

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1999–2000
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y12—QDW Dorset HA 1,066 173 16 1.0
Y12—QDX North and East Devon HA 563 128 23 0.9
Y12—QDY Gloucestershire Health 474 34 7 0.7
1Figures for Q1 2000–01 reflect changes in local recording and reporting arrangements.
2Includes estimates.

Note:

Charter Standard: Operations should not be cancelled (for non-clinical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital and that, if this happens, patients should be admitted to hospital within one month of the first cancellation.

Source:

Department of Health form QMPC, Hospital Episode Statistics

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1998–99
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y00 England 56,150 9,380 17 1.1
Y01—QDD Bradford HA 438 20 5 0.7
Y01—QDE County Durham HA 347 96 28 0.8
Y01—QDF East Riding HA 277 43 16 0.5
Y01—QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 112 12 11 0.4
Y01—QDH Leeds HA 1,223 366 30 1.3
Y01—QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 863 73 8 1.0
Y01—QDK North Cumbria HA 349 35 10 1.1
Y01—QDM Northumberland HA 84 3 4 0.2
Y01—QDN Sunderland HA 260 2 1 0.6
Y01—QDP Tees HA 651 83 13 0.8
Y01—QDQ Wakefield HA 546 28 5 1.5
Y01—QDR North Yorkshire HA 775 76 10 1.1
Y01—QDT Calderdale and Kirklees HA 574 28 5 1.1
Y02—QCG Barnsley HA 35 8 23 0.2
Y02—QCH North Derbyshire Health 307 0 0 1.3
Y02—QCJ Southern Derbyshire Health 47 0 0 0.1
Y02—QCK Doncaster HA 124 9 7 0.4
Y02—QCL Leicester HA 853 84 10 0.9
Y02—QCM Lincolnshire Health 922 104 11 1.8
Y02—QCN North Nottinghamshire Health 119 3 3 0.3
Y02—QCP Nottingham HA 775 0 0 0.9
Y02—QCQ Rotherham HA 123 21 17 0.7
Y02—QCR Sheffield Health 710 14 2 0.8
Y02—QDL South Humber HA 274 1 0 0.7
Y07—QD9 Birmingham HA 2,358 11 0 1.6
Y07—QEA Coventry Health 1,510 471 38 3.7
Y07—QEC Dudley HA 163 33 20 0.4
Y07—QED Herefordshire HA 46 0 0 0.3
Y07—QEE Sandwell HA 97 22 23 0.5
Y07—QEF Shropshire HA 325 296 91 0.8
Y07—QEG Solihull HA
Y07—QEH North Staffordshire HA 498 24 5 LO
Y07—QEJ South Staffordshire HA 152 48 32 0.3
Y07—QEK Walsall HA 114 0 0 0.6
Y07—QEL Warwickshire HA 219 0 0 0.6
Y07—QEM Wolverhampton HA 100 10 10 0.3
Y07—QEN Worcestershire HA 253 44 17 0.6
Y08—QC1 South Lancashire HA 99 5 5 0.4
Y08—QC2 Liverpool HA 734 144 20 1.1
Y08—QC3 Manchester Health 1,600 187 12 0.8
Y08—QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 154 18 12 0.4
Y08—QC5 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 203 54 28 0.7
Y08—QC6 Salford and Trafford HA 527 99 19 1.0
Y08—QC7 Sefton HA 261 51 20 0.5
Y08—QC8 Stockport HA 323 78 24 1.0
Y08—QC9 West Pennine HA 285 10 4 0.6
Y08—QCT Bury and Rochdale HA 45 1 2 0.1
Y08—QCV North Cheshire Health 168 30 18 0.5
Y08—QCW South Cheshire HA 815 131 21 1.0
Y08—QCX East Lancashire 456 40 9 0.8

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1998–99
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y08—QCY North West Lancashire HA 380 15 4 0.4
Y08—QDA Wigan and Bolton HA 488 136 28 0.9
Y08—QDC Wirral Health 65 24 37 0.2
Y09—QA6 Bedfordshire HA 457 26 6 1.2
Y09—QAX North Essex HA 1,000 98 10 1.4
Y09—QAY South Essex HA 1,260 27 2 2.4
Y09—QCF Suffolk Health 246 33 13 0.5
Y09—QEP East and North Hertfordshire HA 592 131 22 1.6
Y09—QEC West Hertfordshire HA 569 142 25 1.5
Y09—QA9 Cambridgeshire HA 255 55 22 0.3
Y09—QCA Norfolk HA 1,863 495 27 1.9
Y10—QA2 Hillingdon HA 437 33 8 3.4
Y10—QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 372 127 34 0.4
Y10—QA4 Enfield and Haringey HA 632 106 17 1.9
Y10—QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 594 138 23 1.5
Y10—QAA Bexley and Greenwich HA 289 9 3 0.9
Y10—QAC Bromley HA 54 22 34 2.1
Y10—QAD Croydon HA 433 170 39 2.1
Y10—QAG Kingston and Richmond HA 437 169 39 3.3
Y10—QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 944 160 17 1.1
Y10—QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 850 224 26 1.4
Y10—QAP Barking and Havering HA 834 73 9 2.6
Y10—QAQ Barnet HA1 0 0 0 0.0
Y10—QAR Brent and Harrow HA2 530 141 27 1.3
Y10—QAT Camden and Islington HA 1,267 336 27 1.0
Y10—QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 683 58 8 1.1
Y10—QAW East London and The City HA 996 359 36 1.6
Y11—QA7 Berkshire HA 1,019 17 2 1.6
Y11—QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 640 75 12 1.5
Y11—QAE East Kent HA 432 101 23 0.7
Y11—QAF West Kent HA 1,006 248 25 1.5
Y11—QAK East Surrey HA 794 143 18 3.2
Y11—QAL West Surrey Health Commission 1,192 236 20 1.7
Y11—QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 1,148 403 35 1.9
Y11—QAN West Sussex HA 664 101 15 1.2
Y11—QCC Northamptonshire HA 431 100 23 0.8
Y11—QCE Oxfordshire HA 1,849 342 18 3.0
Y11—QDI North and Mid Hampshire HA 378 112 30 0.9
Y11—QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 340 53 16 0.7
Y11—QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,381 268 19 2.2
Y11—QD4 Isle of Wight HA 124 8 6 1.0
Y12—QD5 Somerset HA 335 52 16 0.7
Y12—QD6 South and West Devon HA 719 42 6 0.9
Y12—QD7 Wiltshire HA 664 286 43 0.9
Y12—QD8 Avon Health 1,897 235 12 1.7
Y12—QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 229 47 21 0.5
Y12—QDW Dorset HA 948 125 13 1.0
Y12—QDX North and East Devon HA 389 55 14 0.6
Y12—QDY Gloucestershire Health 465 8 2 0.7
1Figures for Q1 2000–01 reflect changes in local recording and reporting arrangements.
2Includes estimates.

Note:

Charter Standard: Operations should not be cancelled (for non-clinical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital and that, if this happens, patients should be admitted to hospital within one month of the first cancellation.

Source:

Department of Health form QMPC, Hospital Episode Statistics

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1997–98
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y00 England 50,505 7,250 14 1.0
Y01—QDD Bradford HA 749 40 5 1.2
Y01—QDH County Durham HA 169 3 2 0.4
YO1—QDF East Riding HA 260 33 13 0.5
Y01—QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 90 9 10 0.3

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1997–98
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y01—QDH Leeds HA 1,364 372 27 1.5
Y01—QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 987 62 6 0.9
Y01—QDK North Cumbria HA 243 23 9 0.8
Y01—QDM Northumberland HA 52 3 6 0.3
Y01—QDN Sunderland HA 202 0 0 0.5
Y01—QDP Tees HA 394 45 11 0.5
Y01—QDQ Wakefield HA 896 128 14 2.7
Y01—QDR North Yorkshire HA 539 60 11 0.8
Y01—QDT Calderdale and Kirklees HA 479 26 5 1.0
Y02—QCG Barnsley HA 70 8 11 0.4
Y02—QCH North Derbyshire Health 348 0 0 1.7
Y02—QCJ Southern Derbyshire Health 77 0 0 0.2
Y02—QCK Doncaster HA 291 19 7 0.9
Y02—QCL Leicester HA 666 38 5 0.9
Y02—QCM Lincolnshire Health 646 21 3 1.4
Y02—QCN North Nottinghamshire Health 118 0 0 0.4
Y02—QCP Nottingham HA 1,188 0 0 1.7
Y02—QCQ Rotherham HA 97 15 15 0.6
Y02—QCR Sheffield Health 427 16 4 0.5
Y02—QDL South Humber HA 193 0 0 0.6
Y07—QD9 Birmingham HA 1,973 19 1 1.5
Y07—QEA Coventry Health 961 297 31 2.8
Y07—QEC Dudley HA 172 39 23 0.5
Y07—QED Herefordshire HA 86 0 0 0.6
Y07—QEE Sandwell HA 136 47 35 0.8
Y07—QEF Shropshire HA 409 147 36 1.1
Y07—QEG Solihull HA
Y07—QEH North Staffordshire HA 395 100 25 0.8
Y07—QEJ South Staffordshire HA 23 15 65 0.0
Y07—QEK Walsall HA 103 0 0 0.5
Y07—QEL Warwickshire HA 211 10 5 0.5
Y07—QEM Wolverhampton HA 97 18 19 0.3
Y07—QEN Worcestershire HA 242 44 18 0.6
Y08—QC1 South Lancashire HA 89 2 2 0.4
Y08—QC2 Liverpool HA 949 136 15 1.4
Y08—QC3 Manchester Health 1,404 267 19 0.7
Y08—QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 135 8 6 0.3
Y08—QC5 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 92 7 8 0.3
Y08—QC6 Salford and Trafford HA 539 69 13 1.0
Y08—QC7 Sefton HA 248 24 10 0.5
Y08—QC8 Stockport HA 487 91 19 1.6
Y08—QC9 West Pennine HA 302 2 1 0.7
Y08—QCT Bury and Rochdale HA 99 0 0 0.3
Y08—QCV North Cheshire Health 287 17 6 1.0
Y08—QCW South Cheshire HA 302 69 23 0.6
Y08—QCX East Lancashire 351 29 8 0.7
Y08—QCY North West Lancashire HA 478 0 0 0.5
Y08—QDA Wigan and Bolton HA 322 35 11 0.6
Y08—QDC Wirral Health 108 55 51 0.3
Y09—QA6 Bedfordshire HA 347 67 19 1.1
Y09—QAX North Essex HA 700 78 11 1.1
Y09—QAY South Essex HA 767 25 3 1.7
Y09—QCF Suffolk Health 169 38 22 0.4
Y09—QEP East and North Hertfordshire HA 624 117 19 1.9
Y09—QEC West Hertfordshire HA 426 112 26 1.0
Y09—QA9 Cambridgeshire HA 142 11 8 0.2
Y09—QCA Norfolk HA 1,376 277 20 1.4
Y10—QA2 Hillingdon HA 698 55 8 2.8
Y10—QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 314 100 32 0.4
Y10—QA4 Enfield and Haringey HA 633 156 25 1.9
Y10—QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 337 79 23 0.9
Y10—QAA Bexley and Greenwich HA 316 5 2 1.1
Y10—QAC Bromley HA 155 0 0 0.7
Y10—QAD Croydon HA 544 121 22 2.6
Y10—QAG Kingston and Richmond HA 182 43 24 2.2
Y10—QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 1,213 190 16 1.5
Y10—QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 887 335 38 1.8
Y10—QAP Barking and Havering HA 691 81 12 2.4
Y10—QAQ Barnet HA1 24 1 4 0.2
Y10—QAR Brent and Harrow HA2 363 138 38 1.0
Y10—QAT Camden and Islington HA 1,637 327 20 1.3
Y10—QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 580 61 11 0.9

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 1997–98
NHS Region/OrglD Name Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the last year Number of patients not admitted within reasons in the last one month of last minute cancellation Percentage of patients not admitted within one month Last minute cancellations as a percentage of elective admissions
Y10—QAW East London and The City HA 786 187 24 1.3
Y11—QA7 Berkshire HA 930 107 12 1.7
Y11—QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 897 82 9 2.1
Y11—QAE East Kent HA 355 17 5 0.6
Y11—QAF West Kent HA 715 85 12 1.1
Y11—QAK East Surrey HA 524 119 23 2.3
Y11—QAL West Surrey Health Commission 1,576 311 20 2.3
Y11—QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 644 103 16 1.1
Y11—QAN West Sussex HA 693 118 17 1.3
Y11—QCC Northamptonshire HA 225 60 27 0.5
Y11—QCE Oxfordshire HA 1,957 388 20 3.3
Y11—QDI North and Mid Hampshire HA 194 23 12 0.8
Y11—QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 418 18 4 0.9
Y11—QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,345 236 18 2.2
Y11—QD4 Isle of Wight HA 129 4 3 1.1
Y12—QD5 Somerset HA 272 50 18 0.7
Y12—QD6 South and West Devon HA 524 13 2 0.7
Y12—QD7 Wiltshire HA 413 129 31 0.8
Y12—QD8 Avon Health 1,364 155 11 1.3
Y12—QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 282 67 24 0.8
Y12—QDW Dorset HA 802 32 4 0.9
Y12—QDX North and East Devon HA 316 46 15 0.5
Y12—QDY Gloucestershire Health 474 15 3 0.8
1Figures for Q1 2000–01 reflect changes in local recording and reporting arrangements.
2Includes estimates.

Note:

Charter Standard: Operations should not be cancelled (for non-clinical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital and that, if this happens, patients should be admitted to hospital within one month of the first cancellation.

Source:

Department of Health form QMPC, Hospital Episode Statistics

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled or delayed in each of the last 12 months in each health authority in England. [46994]

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled more than one day before the due date, broken down by health authority in the last 12 months. [47545]

Mr. Hutton

Copies of quarterly statistics on cancelled operations by health authority are available in the Library. The publication gives the number of operations cancelled (for non-medical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital or on the day of the operation.

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