- FoI Number
- 2023-531
- Subject
- Cancelled Operations
- Date Received
- 29/11/2023
- Request and Response
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- The total number of operations that have been cancelled due to staff shortages or the absence of appropriate staff in the last 6 six years.
Please express this in calendar years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 so far) and in financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 so far)
If possible, please provide a breakdown in each instance of which staff member by role was unavailable
Year
No of Cancelled Procedures
2018
1
2019
5
2020
0
2021
10
2022
7
2023
41
Financial Year
No of Cancelled Procedures
18-19
1
19-20
5
20-21
0
21-22
14
22-23
23
23-24
21
It is not possible to give a breakdown for each instance of which staff member was unavailable, but the filters / reporting reasons used were:
- Anaesthetist not available (Skill mix)
- Management cancelled – Staff sickness
- Management cancelled – Staff skill mix
- Surgeon cancelled-Surgeon not available
