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.
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
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.