Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) has seen a 24.5 per cent decrease in the number of last-minute cancellations for planned operations, according to recent NHS England data. Across both Queen's Hospital in Romford and King George Hospital in Goodmayes, there were 505 operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons between July 2024 and June 2025, compared with 669 between July 2023 and June 2024. According to NHS England, non-clinical reasons can include a lack of ward beds, the unavailability of key staff - including surgeons or anaesthetists - equipment failure, or admin errors. This is compared with 15.2 per cent of operations not rescheduled within this time period between July 2023 and June 2024. Across England, more than 85,000 planned operations were cancelled at the last minute in the year to June 2025.