25,000 operations cancelled last year due to NHS crisis Twenty-five thousand operations are cancelled every year because hospitals are so full, an investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found.
A lack of beds is forcing the cancellation of 100 operations every working day across the NHS in England – a figure that has risen 35 per cent in just five years.
Dozens of trusts have seen bed-related cancellations double since 2012, with one soaring seven-fold.
Even urgent heart and cancer ops are being delayed, sometimes repeatedly, due to the shortage. The consequences can be fatal.
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A lack of beds is forcing the cancellation of 100 operations every working day across the NHS in England – a figure that has risen 35 per cent in just five years.
Dozens of trusts have seen bed-related cancellations double since 2012, with one soaring seven-fold.
Even urgent heart and cancer ops are being delayed, sometimes repeatedly, due to the shortage. The consequences can be fatal.
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