NHS Could Be Carrying Out 280,000 More Operations per Year

A surgeon and his theater team perform key hole surgery to remove a gallbladder at at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, on March 16, 2010. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

National Health Service (NHS) hospitals could be carrying out 280,000 more non-emergency operations per year if schedules were better organised, according to new research.

An analysis of 100 NHS Trusts in England has reportedly revealed that more than two hours per day are wasted in operating theatres.