Large rise in operations cancelled by patients

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The number of 'elective' operations in theatre increased to 22,000, up 17% on the previous month.

More than 700 planned operations were cancelled by patients in March, the highest figure since the start of the Covid pandemic, new figures show.This was the second-highest figure since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

The restrictions brought in by Covid meant that the number of planned operations slumped from more than 20,000 in March 2020 to 3,400 in April that year. One in five planned operations were cancelled in Highland in March, mostly due to non-clinical capacity reasons.

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