Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today: During March 2025, there were 25,226 operations planned to take place across NHSScotland. This is 6.9% higher (+1,626) than the number planned in the same month a year previously in March 2024 (23,600). Of all planned operations during March 2025 in NHS Scotland, 816 (3.2%) were cancelled by the hospital for clinical reasons, 719 (2.9%) were cancelled by the patient, 449 (1.8%) were cancelled by the hospital due to capacity or non-clinical reasons, and 81 (0.3%) were cancelled for other reasons. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/cancelled-planned-operations-month-ending-31-march-2025/ Month after month NHS Scotland’s hospitals have to cancel … Continue reading Despite greater demand, more than 98% of 25 000 planned operations in March 2025, carried out on time in NHS Scotland’s hospitals