Blood: Donors
(asked on 22nd January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of NHS blood donation appointments that have been cancelled due to staff shortages in each of the last 12 months.
The following table shows the number appointments booked, the number of appointments cancelled due to staff shortages, and those cancellations as a percentage of all appointments, from January 2023 to December 2023:
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| January | February | March | April | May | June | ||
Booked Appointments | 176,421 | 163,349 | 186,571 | 162,949 | 179,578 | 181,374 | ||
Cancelled due to Staff Shortage | 3,538 | 5,060 | 7,583 | 3,454 | 3,579 | 6,674 | ||
Staff Shortage Related Cancellations as % of Booked Appointments | 2.01 | 3.09 | 4.06 | 2.12 | 1.99 | 3.68 |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
Booked Appointments | 177,043 | 181,102 | 166,774 | 172,679 | 172,879 | 158,467 |
Cancelled due to Staff Shortage | 6,078 | 5,546 | 6,762 | 7,059 | 3,980 | 4,608 |
Staff Shortage Related Cancellations as % of Booked Appointments | 3.43 | 3.06 | 4.05 | 4.09 | 2.30 | 2.91 |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant, January 2024.
Note: Cancellation numbers are taken from routine cancellation reporting, cancellation reasons are taken from cancellation request form and proportions have been applied to cancellation numbers