§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancelled operations there were in each of the last seven years in the West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust. [187200]
§ Dr. LadymanThe number of cancelled operations at the West Suffolk Hospital is shown in the table. However, it should be noted that the figures quoted at trust level only go back three years. Prior to that, the data was collected at health authority (HA) level only and they would not be comparable.
West Suffolk Hospitals National Health Service Trust—Number of cancelled operations for non clinical reasons
Quarter Number of last minute cancellations for non clinical
reasons in the quarter
2003–04 4 183 2003–04 3 124 2003–04 2 78 2003–04 1 40 2002–03 4 43 2002–03 3 11 2002–03 2 74 2002–03 1 66 2001–02 4 145 2001–02 3 122 2001–02 2 14 2001–02 1 81 Note: Data prior to 2001–02 collect at HA level only. Source: Department of Health dataset QMCO.