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From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:40 -0000
Cancelled urgent operations rise by a fifth
Cancelled urgent operations such as heart bypass and cancer surgery have 
increased by a fifth in a year it has emerged.

Figures showed there were 389 urgent operations cancelled in December compared 
with 322 in December 2010 Photo: ALAMY
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor8:30AM GMT 28 Jan 2012Comment
Official data from the Department of Health has revealed that more patients 
whose surgery was considered urgent had their operations cancelled in December 
than the previous year.
The rise was attributed to local problems in a small number of hospitals, a 
spokesman for the Department of Health said.
It comes after other figures showed that waiting times in A&E departments have 
increased and more patients are waiting longer than the 18-week standard.
Critics said it showed that the Coalition has lost control of the NHS after 
relaxing key Labour targets.
Figures out from the Department of Health showed there were 389 urgent 
operations cancelled in December compared with 322 in December 2010.
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However there was a drop month on month, with 419 operations cancelled in 
November last year.
Health Minister Simon Burns said: "The number of cancelled urgent operations 
remains very low compared to the total number of operations carried out in the 
NHS ? approximately 0.05 per cent and has reduced slightly on last month.
"The NHS must continue to do everything it can to ensure operations are not 
cancelled and when they are that patients are offered treatment as soon as 
possible.?
A source said just six trusts were responsible for a third of all urgent 
operations cancelled in December 2011.
Local difficulties such as over-running operations due to complications and 
prioritising emergency cases had pushed up the number of urgent cases cancelled 
in those trusts, it is understood.
Dozens of operations have been cancelled due to a shortage of beds after an 
outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
Five wards have been closed down at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, forcing 
doctors to postpone 37 operations.
Hospital bosses yesterday (Fri) admitted they are under "intense pressure", but 
hope to work with other health agencies to fast-track patients to free up beds.
A spokesman for Cambridge University Hospitals said: "We are currently facing 
intense pressure due to a number of factors, including delayed transfers of 
care, increasing demand for beds and norovirus."
The first ward was closed on January 20 in a bid to stop the norovirus 
spreading, but the bug spread forcing bosses to shut five wards and three bays


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