Cancelled operations in ‘black alert’ cost KGH almost £170,000 A Freedom of Information request by the Northants Telegraph revealed that 116 operations were cancelled while the hospital was on ‘black alert’ between November 2016 and January 2017.
The cost of cancelling these operations was £169,731, with all of them rearranged to a new date.
Kettering General Hospital’s chief operating officer, Rebecca Brown, said: “The trust would like to apologise to all patients who have had their operations rearranged to a new date because of emergency pressures on the trust this winter.
“We fully appreciate how disruptive and distressing this can be.
“This has been our busiest winter on record. Northamptonshire Telegraph
The cost of cancelling these operations was £169,731, with all of them rearranged to a new date.
Kettering General Hospital’s chief operating officer, Rebecca Brown, said: “The trust would like to apologise to all patients who have had their operations rearranged to a new date because of emergency pressures on the trust this winter.
“We fully appreciate how disruptive and distressing this can be.
“This has been our busiest winter on record. Northamptonshire Telegraph
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