Operations
| Authority | [[manx-care |
| Date received | 2021-10-13 |
| Outcome | Some information sent but not all held |
| Outcome date | 2021-11-09 |
| Topic | [[employment-workforce |
Summary
The requester asked for the number of operations cancelled since April 1, 2021, and specifically how many were due to staff shortages. Manx Care provided a breakdown of cancellations by various recorded reasons but stated they do not record 'staff shortages' as a specific category, though they acknowledged ongoing staff issues in a separate public statement.
Key Facts
- Manx Care does not record 'staff shortages' as a specific reason for operation cancellations in their systems.
- A total of 1,076 operations were cancelled by patients.
- 643 operations were cancelled by the hospital before the day of admission.
- Elective surgery was temporarily suspended due to a shortage of specialist theatre staff caused by unfilled vacancies and sickness.
- The authority offered to send elective surgery patients to the UK if they wished.
Data Disclosed
- April 1 2021
- 1076
- 643
- 252
- 112
- 85
- 69
- 30
- 9
- 8
- 6
- 2
- six weeks
- 2035709
- 2021-10-13
- 2021-11-09
Exemptions Cited
- Information not held
Original Request
How many operations have been cancelled since April 1 2021. Secondly how many of these operations have been cancelled because of a lack of staff available.