Freedom of Information

Title
Surgical procedures delays for under 18s
Reference Number
RF24-104
Request Details

For the past five calendar years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).

  1. The number of children (under 18s) who have a surgical procedure cancelled or delayed at your Trust.
  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.
  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.
Response
  • rf24-104-response.pdf
  • Date of Disclosure
    29/02/2024