Cancelled operations on the rise

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Almost 70,000 patients had their operations cancelled less than 24 hours before they were due to go into theatre last year, the Department of Health (DoH) has revealed. Nearly two thirds of the cancellations – 45,180 patients – happened on the day of the operation. Furthermore, in some health authorities,…

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