Thursday 22 September 2016

Many cancelled operations 'unrecorded'

Many cancelled operations 'unrecorded' Tens of thousands of operations were cancelled by English hospitals last year but not officially counted, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.

About half of trusts provided details of cancellations one to three days before admission.

Hospitals must record cancellations on the day of an operation or of admission - but not those prior to that.

NHS England said official figures showed less than 1% of operations were cancelled at the last minute. BBC News

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