My day surgery for a knee anthrascapy has just been cancelled. I'd had my pre-med and was ready to go in in 5 days time. I was really looking forward to being able to walk again and get my life back. Reason given for cancelation "no theatre" staff although I'm not sure that I'm being told the truth. The date I had for surgery was right up at the end of my 18 weeks right to treatment under the NHS constitution despite being told in December that it would be quite soon. Next date available is 2 months away. Do I have any redress with the hospital in insisting things happen faster, I'm not getting anywhere with the consultant's secretary. It's quite a big hospital with over a dozen knee surgeons.
The target was to meet 92% within eighteen weeks, however the target was abandoned in 2017. You can always keep phoning the hospital to see how things are going. It may have an effect. A lot of elective surgery was cancelled in January due to flu and bad weather problems such as broken bones.