FOI_8352

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8352

Date Request Received: 23/12/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 31/12/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: patient conditioning for surgery

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: Please can I have the following data regarding elective patients’ conditioning for surgery, regarding the 2023-24 financial year. - On how many occasions did an elective patient at your trust not proceed with a planned date for surgery once a date had been given?

Answer To Question 1: 1542 elective cancellations responses also on attached file with answers 1-5 To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI_8352 Patient Conditioning for Surgery response.xlsx

Question Number 2: How many of these cancellations or postponements were due to the patient being deemed not fit for surgery?

Answer To Question 2: 163 elective cancellations/postponements linked to Patient Illness

Question Number 3: Please sub-categorise if possible – i.e. how many were due to overweight or obesity, smoking, frailty etc.

Answer To Question 3: We are unable to provide any sub-categorisation because the cancellation reason comments in our electronic patient record system are based on free text typed responses and therefore cannot be easily grouped. There are a high number with no further explanation/categorisation and many with reasons that only apply to one cancellation so to provide the detail would potentially identify patients.

Question Number 4: How many patients did successfully proceed to surgery once a date had been given?

Answer To Question 4: 37,932

Question Number 5: - If it can be provided, please provide the percentage of operations/procedures that were unable to proceed due to a patient being deemed unfit.

Answer To Question 5: Of all cancelled/postponed elective operations/procedures, the percentage that were unable to proceed due to a patient being deemed unfit in 2023/24 was 10.6%
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