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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

Number of cancelled operations ‘doubles in three years due to NHS shortages’

PA Wire

Around 30,000 operations were cancelled last year in NHS hospitals in England because of a shortage of staff, new figures show.

Data gathered from freedom of information requests by the Labour Party showed that staff shortages were the most common reason why surgeries did not go ahead for non-clinical reasons.

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