FOI release

Percentage and number of Whipple operations carried out for Pancreatic Cancer

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Case reference FOI2026/03669

Received 3 August 2026

Published 12 August 2026

Request

1. Please confirm the number of Whipple Operations carried out between 2000 and today’s date, that have been completed and the patient has been told after that they DID NOT have Cancer but had the procedure was carried out anyway

Response

Please confirm the number of Whipple Operations carried out between 2000 and today's date, that have been completed and the patient has been told after that they DID NOT have Cancer but had the procedure was carried out anyway

53 completed Whipple operations were carried out between 2000 and today's date (August 12 2026). OPCS procedure code J562 was used to identify the individual instances of completed operations.

Please note: Our data cannot determine whether the patient was told after that they did not have Cancer but had the procedure was carried out anyway.

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