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NHS Operations

Volume 451: debated on Monday 6 November 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS operations were cancelled in Suffolk due to (a) administrative errors, (b) lack of beds, (c) outbreaks of MRSA or other infections, (d) the lack of correct or clean equipment and (e) missing notes in each year since 1997. (95463)

The information is not held in the format requested. The Department collects data on the number of operations cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons. The following tables show data for the number of operations cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons for acute trusts in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire areas for the period 2002-03 to 2005-06.

Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, NHS organisations in England, 2002-03 to 2005-06

2002-03

2003-04

Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons

Number of patients not admitted within 28 days of cancellation on the day of surgery

Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons

Number of patients not treated within 28 days of last minute cancellation

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA

2,995

526

3,350

383

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

645

189

769

209

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

179

65

180

17

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

417

130

488

38

James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust

176

28

258

5

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

662

2

569

25

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

185

1

166

8

Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust

253

32

187

0

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust

284

76

308

79

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

194

3

425

2

2004-052005-06

Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons

Number of patients not treated within 28 days of last minute cancellation

Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons

Number of patients not treated within 28 days of last minute cancellation

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA

3,859

505

2,545

208

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1,090

382

507

95

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

168

21

138

2

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

533

1

384

24

James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust

267

3

226

10

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

492

24

327

16

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

159

8

154

5

Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust

270

8

298

1

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust

295

58

236

55

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

585

0

275

0

Note:

In 2002-03 the number of patients not admitted within 28 days of cancellation on the day of surgery was collected. From 2003-04 onwards, the number of patients not admitted within 28 days of a last minute cancellation was collected.

Source:

Department of Health dataset QMCO.