In this section, we have recent FOI requests relating to cancelled operations and appointments.
Requests before 2018 have been archived.
Requests received in 2026
- FOI 11978 - Issues with Surgical Equipment or Instruments
- FOI 11951 - Cancelled Surgeries Due to Heat Alerts
Requests received in 2025
- FOI 11432 - Operations Delayed or Cancelled
Requests received in 2024
- FOI 10262 - Elective operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons
- FOI 10259 - Cancelled elective operations for non-clinical reasons
- FOI 10241 - AMU discharges, A&E waits, and cancelled operations
- FOI 10019 - Cancelled procedures due to defective equipment
- FOI 10003 - Cancelled operations due to low staffing levels
- FOI 9998 - Cancelled Paediatric surgical procedures
Requests received in 2023
- FOI 9682 - Priority procedures cancelled due to strikes
- FOI 9677 - Cancelled cancer operations (since 2019/20)
- FOI 9411 - No. of patents with operations cancelled for second time
Requests received in 2022
- FOI 9102 - Cancelled or delayed paediatric operations (since 2018)
- FOI 9024 - Elective operations cancelled by week (2022)
- FOI 8952 - Cancelled elective operations for non-clinical reasons
- FOI 8869 - No. of operations cancelled by cause
- FOI 8698 - Cancelled booked elective invasive procedures
Requests received in 2021
- FOI 8213 - No. of urgent operations cancelled (2020 to date)
- FOI 8053 - Cancelled outpatient appointments due to COVID
- FOI 8038 - No. of cancelled operations (since March 2019)
Requests received in 2020
- FOI 7717 - No. of non-COVID cancelled operations
- FOI 7699 - No. of elective operations scheduled
- FOI 7585 - Cancelled operations by type (2019 to date)
- FOI 7569 - Cancelled operations (March to September 2020)
- FOI 7490 - No. of cancelled cancer operations
- FOI 7194 - Postponing non-urgent surgery
Requests received in 2019
- FOI 6888 - No. of cancelled operations by reason
- FOI 6842 - No. of cancelled operations (non-clinical)
- FOI 6744 - Hospital-initiated appointment cancellations
Requests received in 2018
- FOI 6246 - Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons
- FOI 6155 - No. of paediatric operations cancelled
- FOI 5965 - Loss of income due to cancelled surgeries



