Cancelled Operations

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.