§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list health authorities in England in order of the highest number of(a) cancelled operations and (b) patients not readmitted within one month following the cancellation of an operation. [5882]
§ Mr. HuttonI apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.
The information requested is in the tables that follow. The information is for the latest quarter available, quarter 2, 2001–02.
Operations should not be cancelled (for non-medical reasons) on the day patients are due to arrive or after arrival in hospital, and if this happens, patients should be admitted to hospital within one month of the first operation date.
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Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2001–02, quarter 2 Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the quarter England 20,901 West Surrey Health Commission 2,290 Birmingham HA 1,214 Avon Health 951 Barking and Havering HA 695 Oxfordshire HA 624 Manchester Health 523 Sheffield Health 509 South and West Devon HA 479 Cambridgeshire HA 475 Buckinghamshire HA 449 Camden and Islington HA 420 Leicester HA 409 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 320 North Essex HA 307 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey HA 292 Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 292 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 279 1052W
Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2001–02, quarter 2 Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the quarter South Cheshire HA 273 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 268 Wigan and Bolton HA 268 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 268 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 262 Berkshire HA 257 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 252 Tees HA 242 Norfolk HA 238 North Yorkshire HA 237 Northamptonshire HA 235 Wiltshire HA 227 Brent and Harrow HA 219 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 219 Dorset HA 218 South Essex HA 212 West Pennine HA 201 Bedfordshire HA 201 North Cumbria HA 196 South Staffordshire HA 191 Worcestershire HA 191 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 179 West Kent HA 179 North West Lancashire HA 178 Leeds HA 174 Wakefield HA 171 Hertfordshire HA 171 North and East Devon HA 170 East Lancashire HA 166 West Sussex HA 164 Morecambe Bay HA 162 Shropshire HA 160 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA 149 Bradford HA 144 Sefton HA 143 Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 142 Nottingham HA 141 Suffolk Health 134 East Riding HA 132 Croydon HA 127 Lincolnshire Health 127 East Surrey HA 120 North Staffordshire HA 118 Liverpool HA 118 Somerset HA 118 Gloucestershire Health 114 North Cheshire Health 106 North and Mid-Hampshire HA 101 Doncaster HA 101 Southern Derbyshire Health 98 Calderdale and Kirklees HA 97 Coventry Health 89 South Lancashire HA 89 North Derbyshire Health 82 Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly HA 81 South Humber HA 74 Hillingdon HA 73 Herefordshire HA 70 Salford and Trafford HA 67 Countv Durham HA 65 Dudley HA 61 Sandwell HA 55 Wirral Health 55 East London and The City HA 54 Rotherham HA 53 Warwickshire HA 53 Sunderland HA 44 North Nottinghamshire Health 42 Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 40 East Kent HA 38 Walsall HA 37 Stockport HA 29 Barnsley HA 12 Kingston and Richmond HA 11 Wolverhampton HA 9
Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2001–02, quarter 2 Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the quarter Northumberland HA 8 Bury and Rochdale HA 3 Solihull HA — Source:
Department of health form QMNG
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Patients not admitted within one month of cancellation for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2001–02, quarter 2 Number of patients not admitted within one month of last minute cancellation England 4,684 Oxfordshire HA 419 Avon Health 339 Manchester Health 256 St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 233 West Surrey Health Commission 229 Barking and Havering HA 197 Birmingham HA 170 Buckinghamshire HA 115 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 100 Wiltshire HA 92 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 92 South Staffordshire HA 90 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 84 Wakefield HA 83 Leeds HA 82 South Cheshire HA 78 Cambridgeshire HA 78 Brent and Harrow HA 76 West Pennine HA 74 Northamptonshire HA 73 Camden and Islington HA 71 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey HA 70 Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 70 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 66 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 65 Suffolk Health 63 South Essex HA 59 Norfolk HA 59 Berkshire HA 58 West Sussex HA 57 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 53 South and West Devon HA 52 North and East Devon HA 52 North Yorkshire HA 49 Shropshire HA 45 Morecambe Bay HA 43 Croydon HA 42 Wigan and Bolton HA 41 Tees HA 39 East London and The City HA 38 North Cumbria HA 35 Sheffield Health 35 Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 34 Bedfordshire HA 33 Dorset HA 32 Worcestershire HA 31 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA 27 Merton. Sutton and Wandsworth HA 27 North Staffordshire HA 23 Coventry Health 23 North Cheshire Health 22 Sandwell HA 21 East Kent HA 20 Calderdale and Kirklees HA 19 County Durham HA 19 East Riding HA 18
Patients not admitted within one month of cancellation for non-clinical reasons, health authorities in England, 2001–02, quarter 2 Number of patients not admitted within one month of last minute cancellation North and Mid Hampshirse HA 18 North Essex HA 17 East Lancashire HA 16 Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly HA 14 Rotherham HA 13 Warwickshire HA 13 Liverpool HA 13 Doncaster HA 12 Lincolnshire Health 12 Salford and Trafford HA 11 Herefordshire HA 10 Wirral Health 10 Gloucestershire Health 9 West Kent HA 9 Gloucestershire Health 8 West Kents HA 8 Hertfordshire HA 7 Nottingham HA 4 Stockport HA 4 Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 2 Northumberland HA 2 Somerset HA 1 Sefton HA — Kingston and Richmond HA — East Surrey HA — Southern Derbshire Health — South Lancashire HA — North West Lancashire HA — North Derbyshire Health — South Humber HA — Hillingdom HA — Dudley HA — Sunderland HA — North Nottinghamshire Health — Walsall HA — Barnsley HA — Wolverhampton HA — Bury and Rochdale HA — Leicester HA — Bradford HA — Solihull HA — Source:
Department of health form QMNG