FOI_7743

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7743

Date Request Received: 12/02/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 21/02/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Cancelled children's surgical procedures

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with information on children’s surgical procedures that have been cancelled or delayed at your trust. The number of children (under 18s) who have a surgical procedure cancelled or delayed at your trust, in each of the past five calendar years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).

Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 12002 - FOI_7743 - Cancelled Childrens Surgical Procedures.xlsx

Question Number 2: For each of these years, please could you provide figures broken down by the reason behind the cancellation or delay, e.g. lack of staff, lack of bed capacity, or lack of equipment.

Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached.

Question Number 3: Please could you provide figures on the five longest waits for a surgical procedure currently faced by under-18s at your trust, e.g. 118 days, 116 days, 113 days. For each of these waits, please could you provide a summary of the surgical procedure in question, e.g. heart surgery.

Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached.
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