Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations were cancelled in Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.

Data is only collected for those cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons. Last minute means on the day the patient was due to arrive, after the patient has arrived in hospital or on the day of the operation or surgery. In 2010 there were 6,983 operations cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and 216 of these were not treated within a further 28 days from the cancellation.

Information is not available for 2020 because the collection of data on cancelled operations has been paused due to COVID-19 and the need to release capacity across the National Health Service to support the response.