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cord-007547-gdsoc93j	Gillies, M.A.	Counting the cost of cancelled surgery: a system wide approach is needed	2018-09-07		.txt	text/plain	2632	144	46	A recent prospective epidemiological study over a 1 week period in NHS hospitals suggested a cancellation rate of between 10% and 14% and that only one-third of these were because of clinical reasons. In this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Wong and colleagues 3 present a prospective observational study exploring the reasons for cancellation on the day of surgery in 245 NHS hospitals across the UK. Reducing or even stopping elective operating completely in winter months is unlikely to be a long-term solution to this problem, as many hospitals report capacity issues beyond the traditional winter months and the postponed surgery must be accommodated at another time in the year. 12 Enhanced care wards have been suggested as an alternative to critical care for patients undergoing major surgery, however, this study did not suggest that their presence reduced the rate of cancellation.	./cache/cord-007547-gdsoc93j.txt	./txt/cord-007547-gdsoc93j.txt