Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS appointments that have been cancelled or postponed in (a) Wakefield district and (b) West Yorkshire in the last 12 months.
NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancelled elective operations, which includes national, regional and provider level activity, and this can be accessed at:
NHS Digital published a report for 2016-17 surrounding Hospital Outpatient Activity which incorporates cancellation data, including national, regional and provider level activity, and this can be accessed at:
http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30154
Information for postponed appointments is not collected centrally.