An indicator of whether the operation that the PATIENT is being admitted for, was cancelled for non-clinical reasons on or after the day that the PATIENT was due to arrive in hospital (cancelled at the 'last minute' or 'at short notice'). This includes telephone cancellations made to PATIENTS on the day of their operation or day of admission.
An operation which is rescheduled to a time within 24 hours of the original scheduled operation should be recorded as a postponement and not as a cancellation. Some common non-clinical reasons for cancellations by the hospital include:
- Hospital Beds unavailable;
- surgeon unavailable;
- emergency case needing theatre;
- theatre list over-ran;
- equipment failure;
- administrative error;
- anaesthetist unavailable;
- theatre staff unavailable and critical care Hospital Bed unavailable
These examples are based on information from the Modernisation Agency's Theatres Project and do not necessarily cover all non-clinical reasons.
National Codes:
| 1 | Operation cancelled for non-clinical reasons on the day of surgery |
| 2 | Operation cancelled at short notice for non-clinical reasons although not on the day of surgery |
| 8 | Not applicable - Operation cancelled for clinical reasons or not cancelled |
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | OPERATION CANCELLATIONS |