Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ92473
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Andrew RT DaviesCeidwadwyr
- I'w ateb gan
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 6 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
What was the estimated cost of on-the-day operation cancellations to the Welsh NHS in each of the last 5 years?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Planned procedures may be postponed at short notice for a range of reasons – for clinical reasons; non-clinical reasons or by or because of an issue involving the individual themselves.
The table below shows the number of procedures postponed at short notice (either on the day or the day before) over the last five years.
Short notice postponed procedures for last five years
All Wales
clinical
non-clinical
patient
total
2019-20
4,986
16,792
19,696
41,474
2020-21
2,629
3,300
7,723
13,652
2021-22
3,253
7,656
14,177
25,086
2022-23
4,748
10,782
21,484
37,014
2023-24
5,128
10,419
20,252
35,799
Note: 2023-24 data is up to February 2024
Note: 2020-21 data covers the start of the pandemic where all non-urgent surgery was postponed.
Note: the current cancellation figures are approximately 10%-12% of planned procedures
It is difficult to calculate costs associated with this data as costs vary by speciality and the nature of the operations. Based on Welsh Audit findings in its theatre review, it estimates a minute of theatre time costs £14.00.
If we average out each postponement as an hour, that would be a cost of £840 per procedure postponed.
Based on the figures quoted in table above, the annual costs are estimated at:
All Wales
total
Cost (£)
2019-20