The latest quarterly national statistics on NHS cancelled elective operations produced by NHS England were released on 10^th May 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

NHS cancelled elective operations figures for the quarter ending 31^st March 2013 include data for England, Strategic Health Authorities, and NHS Trusts.

The figures shown are the number of last minute cancelled elective operations for non clinical reasons and, of those, the number subsequently re-admitted within 28 days.

The key points from the latest release are:

During the quarter ending 31 March 2013, 19,968 operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons. In the same period in 2011/12, there were 16,719 cancelled operations.

Cancelled operations during the quarter represented 1.1% of all elective activity compared to 0.9% in the corresponding period in 2011/12.

Of these cancellations 1,124 (5.6%) of patients were not treated within 28 days of a cancellation.  In the same period in 2011/12, 1,048 (6.3%) of patients were not treated within 28 days.

In line with our revisions policy, we have published revisions to Q2 and Q3 2012/13.

Full tables are available here
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/

Additional Information
For press enquiries please e-mail the NHS England media team at
nhscb.media@nhs.net or call 07768 901293

The Government Statistical Service (GSS) statistician responsible for producing these data is:

Clare Hiblin
NHS Operations
NHS England
Room 8E10, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE
Email: unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk