Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107469

Hospitals: Standards

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether appointments cancelled by hospitals or other NHS authorities appear in statistics as completed appointments.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Appointments cancelled by hospitals or other National Health Service authorities do not appear in statistics as completed appointments. For admitted patients, the Department does not hold data on the cause of cancellations or where patients did not attend...

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