Could the trust please provide the following details about cancellations for non-clinical reasons, and last minute (on the scheduled day of arrival at hospital or later) non-clinical cancellations
| December 2016/17 | January 2016/17 | December 2017/18 | January 2017/18 | |
| Operations cancelled by the trust | The Trust does hold this information. However, we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450 as we would need to review individual patient records.
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| Operations cancelled by the trust at the last minute | 97 | 148 | 139 | 80 |
| Day cases (excluding operations) cancelled by the trust | The Trust does hold this information. However, we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450.
We currently do not monitor cancellations where a patient was not intending to have an operation. To verify data for these cancellations, we would need to examine each recorded cancellation to establish if they were day cases and if the patient intended to have an operation. |
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| Day cases (excluding operations) cancelled by the trust at the last minute | ||||
| Outpatient / clinic appointments cancelled by the trust |
We do not hold this information. In most cases an outpatient appointment will be rebooked rather that cancelled i.e. no cancellation will be recorded. This means that there is no method to obtain this information accurately.
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| Total cancellations | As above, we do not hold all of this information, and for some other information the Trust does hold this information. However, we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. | |||
| How many of the total cancellations were given a new date within 28 days? | We estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450.
However, we can verify that all the Operations cancelled by the trust at the last minute for non-clinical reasons were given a date within the 28 days. |
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Cancellation codes used
The following cancellation codes have been used and are categorised as Cancellations on the Day for non-clinical reasons.
| NA | Admin error – wrong letter issued |
| NC | Emergency took priority |
| ND | Equipment failure |
| NE | Equipment unavailable |
| NF | Hospital failed to starve |
| NG | Investigations not completed |
| NH | No bed |
| NI | No critical care bed |
| NJ | Notes not available |
| NK | Ran out of time – started late |
| NL | Ran out of time – previous case overran |
| NM | Ran out of time – list overbooked |
| NN | Ran out of time – due to bed delays |
| NO | Staff unavailable – anaesthetist |
| NP | Staff unavailable – surgeon |
| NQ | Staff unavailable – theatre team |
| NS | Admin error – added to wrong list |
| NT | Hospital Transport Failed |
| NU | No Interpreter booked |
