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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Last-minute knee surgery cancellations ‘cost millions and ramp up waiting lists’

Cancelling knee replacement surgeries is “unforgivable”, academics have said, as a new study highlighted how postponing operations is costing the NHS millions and increasing hospital waiting lists.

As well as the economic cost, cancelled procedures come at a “great cost” to patients, researchers from the University of Bristol said.

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