TY - JOUR T1 - Looking at the cancellation rate among renal patients and ways to reduce cancellation at the time of admission and improve utilisation of the theatre list: a quality improvement project JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - s61 LP - s61 DO - 10.7861/fhj.7.1.s61 VL - 7 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Shayne Ng Y1 - 2020/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/s61.abstract N2 - Cancellation on the day of surgery is a major challenge faced by the UK NHS and it was estimated that it costs the NHS £400 million per year on lost operating theatre time costs.1It was reported that renal patients have a higher than average cancellation rate on the day of surgery (eg elective renal access procedures) due to illness. The standard should be that no patients cancel on day of surgery and all … ER -