FOI 2022-611

1.The number of children (under 18s) who have an operation cancelled or delayed at your trust for non-clinical reasons,

 in each of the past five calendar years (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018).

Figures include: Hospital and patient cancellations. Excluded from this are a group of patients where no reason was given. Therefore, we are unable to identify if these were clinical or non-clinical

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.

Please see attachment.

Note: Excluded from this are a group of patients where no reason was given, Therefore, we are unable to identify

If these were clinical or non-clinical. 

3. Please could you provide figures on the five longest waits for an operation 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.

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Unfortunately, we cannot provide the rest of the information requested as the total number of reports are too low to be able to provide the information without breaching confidentiality for those involved.