§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether statistics relating to cancelled operations include those cancelled at cottage and community hospitals. [65167]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 2 July 2002]: Data are collected on the number of operations cancelled by English national health service trusts for non-clinical reasons on, or after the day the patient was due to be admitted. This definition covers all elective operations carried out as in-patient or day cases. Elective operations carried out in a cottage or community hospital are therefore included, but not separately identified by unit.