Health written question – answered at on 5 March 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the last nine months for which figures are available; and what proportion they were of the total number of operations carried out.
The information requested is in the table.
Last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the quarter | |||
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Year | Quarter | Number | Percentage |
2001–02 | Q2 | 307 | 1.3 |
2001–02 | Q1 | 170 | 1.2 |
2000–01 | Year | 1,246 | 1.7 |
2000–01 | Q4 | 534 | 3.0 |
2000–01 | Q3 | 158 | 0.8 |
2000–01 | Q2 | 277 | 1.6 |
2000–01 | Q1 | 277 | 1.5 |
1999–2000 | Year | 1,266 | 1.7 |
1999–2000 | Q4 | 411 | 2.4 |
1999–2000 | Q3 | 336 | 1.9 |
1999–2000 | Q2 | 282 | 1.5 |
1999–2000 | Q1 | 237 | 1.2 |
1998–99 | Year | 1,000 | 1.3 |
1998–99 | Q4 | 511 | 2.5 |
1998–99 | Q3 | 193 | 1.0 |
1998–99 | Q2 | 109 | 0.6 |
1998–99 | Q1 | 187 | 1.0 |
1997–98 | Year | 700 | 1.0 |
1997–98 | Q4 | 297 | 1.8 |
1997–98 | Q3 | 112 | 0.7 |
1997–98 | Q2 | 113 | 0.6 |
1997–98 | Q1 | 178 | 1.0 |
Note:
Elective admissions are first finished consultant episodes in general and acute specialties.
Source:
Your Guide to the NHS returns, Patient Charter returns, Common Information Core
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