The cancellation in surgery was caused by medical patients occupying trolley space in the hospital's recovery area.

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Next, we will be told that the Secretary of State is going to be performing brain surgery or correcting the flaws in the Hubble Space Telescope.

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This approach has all the hallmarks of a disaster waiting for space in a GP's surgery near you.

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