North East MSP Mike Rumbles has raised concerns over the increasing amount of operations cancelled for capacity or non-clinical reasons by NHS Grampian.
The amount of operations put on hold has increased month on month since April 2016, with figures for July swelling to two cancellations per day.
Mr Rumbles said: “There are many good reasons to cancel planned operations, but capacity is not one of them.
“If NHS Grampian are consistently having problems finding beds, staff and resources to care for patients, then it’s clear that something has gone wrong.
“It’s the duty of the Scottish Government to ensure that everyone has access to the treatment they need. If patients in Grampian are being continually let down the Government must provide the resources needed to sustain our local health services.
“I will be watching closely to see if this issue improves over the coming months.”
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Notes for editors:
- IDS Scotland – NHS data tables http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/data-tables.asp?id=1732#1732
Health Board / Hospital Name |
May-15 |
Jun-15 |
Jul-15 |
Aug-15 |
Sep-15 |
Oct-15 |
Nov-15 |
Dec-15 |
Jan-16 |
Feb-16 |
Mar-16 |
Apr-16 |
May-16 |
Jun-16 |
Jul-16 |
NHS Grampian |
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Total Number of scheduled elective operations in theatre system |
3310 |
3405 |
3121 |
3138 |
3319 |
3229 |
3345 |
3018 |
3060 |
3312 |
3566 |
3203 |
3367 |
3349 |
2709 |
Total no of scheduled elective cancellations in theatre systems |
264 |
310 |
315 |
269 |
268 |
242 |
269 |
236 |
340 |
335 |
330 |
267 |
281 |
275 |
240 |
Cancellation based on clinical reason by hospital |
71 |
96 |
84 |
76 |
90 |
80 |
81 |
68 |
76 |
91 |
86 |
90 |
90 |
85 |
63 |
Cancellation based on capacity or non-clinical reason by hospital |
76 |
62 |
48 |
60 |
50 |
48 |
64 |
56 |
139 |
102 |
86 |
36 |
37 |
54 |
60 |
Cancelled by Patient |
110 |
135 |
149 |
125 |
105 |
99 |
111 |
104 |
118 |
134 |
148 |
119 |
142 |
124 |
107 |
Other reason |
7 |
17 |
34 |
8 |
23 |
15 |
13 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
22 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
Hospital Level |
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Cancellation based on capacity or non-clinical reason by hospital includes: |
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No beds available, general ward, ICU, HDU |
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Staff not available, staff are ill, not available due to an emergency operation taking clinical priority |
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Equipment not available, equipment dirty |
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Theatre session overran therefore patient cancelled |