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Surgery: Greater London

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled at each London hospital within (a) seven days and (b) 24 hours of the appointment in each of the last five years. (169375)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Cancelled operations for non clinical reasons, NHS organisations in London, 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 2007-08 Q1 only

Number of last minute cancs for non clinical reasons

Org ID

Name

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-081

England

67,254

66,303

68,569

60,803

52,005

12,492

RF4

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

2,168

2,147

2,426

1,566

906

140

RVL

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

1,346

404

399

279

294

66

RNJ

Barts and The London NHS Trust

928

593

502

506

531

96

RG3

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

324

425

289

214

181

32

RQM

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust

185

151

180

115

103

41

RC3

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

267

206

140

142

124

46

RVR

Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust

353

698

608

281

270

121

RP4

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

290

143

119

146

115

30

RJ1

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

554

450

739

884

866

287

RQN

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

504

390

688

625

614

160

RQX

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

52

68

24

45

50

20

RJZ

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

318

180

227

209

153

51

RAX

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

140

223

168

182

116

45

RJ6

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

549

678

226

129

50

11

RP6

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

74

74

62

292

151

72

RNH

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust

226

156

118

79

146

46

RV8

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

617

433

542

480

457

88

RGZ

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

199

75

91

52

78

24

RT3

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

244

190

183

233

177

43

RAL

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

341

285

306

460

268

48

RAN

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

151

154

97

144

167

54

RJ7

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

354

765

1,065

753

666

143

RBN

St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

171

126

192

159

193

45

RJ5

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

97

365

367

303

192

25

RAS

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

360

247

137

150

103

17

RJ2

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

42

199

187

136

165

25

RPY

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

68

83

141

72

79

14

RKE

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

134

87

102

122

111

34

RRV

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

157

272

483

547

605

161

RFW

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

105

116

52

69

28

30

RGC

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

332

389

494

312

261

36

1Q1 only

Notes:

The table shows the organisations as they existed, at the time of each collection.

A last minute cancellation is one that occurs on the day the patient was due to arrive, after they have arrived in hospital or on the day of their operation.

Some common non-clinical reasons for cancellations by the hospital include: ward beds unavailable; surgeon unavailable; emergency case needing theatre; theatre list over-ran; equipment failure; admin error; anaesthetist unavailable; theatre staff unavailable; and critical care bed unavailable.

An operation which is rescheduled to a time within 24 hours of the original scheduled operation should be recorded as a postponement and not as a cancellation. The QMCO collection does not record the number of postponements.

Source:

Department of Health dataset QMCO