The latest quarterly national statistics on NHS cancelled elective operations produced by NHS England were released on 14^th August 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

NHS cancelled elective operations figures for the quarter ending 30 June 2015 include data for England, Regions 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 30 June 2015, 16,180 operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons by NHS providers. In the same period in 2014/15, there were 15,650 cancelled operations.
• Cancelled operations during the quarter represented 0.8% of all elective activity, compared to 0.8% in the same period in 2014/15.
• Of these cancellations 1,177 (7.3%) of patients were not treated within 28 days of a cancellation. In the same period in 2014/15, 802 (5.1%) of patients were not treated within 28 days.

We have published revisions to the quarter ending 30 June 2014.

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
Analytical Services (National)
NHS England
Room 5E15, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE
Email: unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk