§ Jeff EnnisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations, broken down into category of operation, have been cancelled in NHS hospitals in the last 12 months. [35194]
§ Mr. HuttonData on the number of cancelled operations are not collected by the type of operation.
The latest released figures are for Quarter 2 2001–02. 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.