Professor John Robertson OBA From Cancelled planned operations Month Ending 31 May 2025 published today, the above graph and: Of all planned operations during May 2025 in NHSScotland, 819 (3.3%) were cancelled by the hospital for clinical reasons, 692 (2.8%) were cancelled by the patient, 437 (1.7%) were cancelled by the hospital due to capacity or non-clinical reasons, and 71 (0.3%) were cancelled for other reasons. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/cancelled-planned-operations-month-ending-31-may-2025/ Only those operations cancelled by the hospital due to capacity or non-clinical reasons (1.7%) can be considered in anyway a negative performance indicator. They are likely to be the unanticipated result of staff … Continue reading Deeply impressive – NHS Scotland fully ready to operate on more than 98% of more than 25 000 operations in May 2025 but you won’t hear that anywhere else