Health Service Journal
Waiting lists
Stories with this category.
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Out of hours change blamed for emergency performance flop
17-Jan-2013
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Great Western misses 18 weeks target
16-Jan-2013
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James Paget removed from significant breach
21-Dec-2012
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UHMB records £15m deficit to end of October
12-Dec-2012
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Funding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
06 December 2012
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Sleep services remains issue for Queen Victoria Hospital
21-Nov-2012
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Doncaster closely misses waiting list target
14-Nov-2012
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Electronic record throws waiting list figures in Rotherham
14-Nov-2012
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Demand not falling, warns Heatherwood and Wexham Park
8-Nov-2012
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Private providers see 11 per cent growth in NHS elective work
1-Nov-2012
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Barts Health Trust has 20 year-plus waiters, ahead of DH crackdown
31-Oct-2012
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Fax hitch hits Berkshire cancer performance
31-Oct-2012
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park misses waiting time target in two specialties
30-Oct-2012
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East Sussex claws back 18 week performance
29-Oct-2012
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North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target
29-Oct-2012
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‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance
25-Oct-2012
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Year long waits up at Northampton Hospital
22-Oct-2012
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Capacity problems hit Hampshire Hospitals diagnostics performance
22-Oct-2012
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Derby FT sees number of year-long waiters increase
19-Oct-2012
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Hospital activity 'will rise'
17-Oct-2012
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital achieves waiting time targets
12-Oct-2012
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Southport and Ormskirk waiting times performance under pressure
12-Oct-2012
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Pressure mounts on Surgicentre after two deaths
12-Oct-2012
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Provisional data shows RTT waiting targets underperformance at Walton centre
5-Oct-2012
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
28-Sep-2012
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Drop in patients waiting more than a year for Central Manchester FT treatment
28-Sep-2012
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South Devon plans evening and weekend lists to tackle RTT backlog
24-Sep-2012
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Just 71pc of James Paget patients treated within 18 weeks
14-Sep-2012
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Cambridge University Hospitals called into regulator's office
14-Sep-2012
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Solent Trust on target for waits
7-Sep-2012
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Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target
7-Sep-2012
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Heatherwood FT slips on waiting list backlog
7-Sep-2012
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18-week target met by Peterborough and Stamford
7-Sep-2012
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Peterborough and Stamford forecasts reduced deficit
7-Sep-2012
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£5.4m to tackle waiting list backlog at King's
23-Aug-2012
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Sandwell trust judged as 'performing'
23-Aug-2012
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Cluster asks GPs not to refer to major teaching hospital until 2013
10-Aug-2012
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Cluster asks GPs not to refer to teaching hospital for some procedures
10-Aug-2012
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3.2pc of Pennine Care diagnostic waits over six weeks
10-Aug-2012
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5.4pc of East Cheshire Trust diagnostic waits over six weeks
10-Aug-2012
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Sefton over the threshold for diagnostic waits
10-Aug-2012
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Western Cheshire above national limit for long diagnostic waits
10-Aug-2012
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Liverpool Community Health misses diagnostics target by huge margin
10-Aug-2012
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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan misses national target for diagnostic waits
10-Aug-2012
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Incomplete pathways increase at NHS Halton and St Helens
6-Aug-2012
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Breaches of cancer wait at Halton and St Helens
6-Aug-2012
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Late referrals mean Liverpool Heart and Chest underperforms on cancer waits
6-Aug-2012
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Steep fall in long-waiters at Stockport
30-Jul-2012
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WWL clears backlog of patients waiting more than a year
30-Jul-2012
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Investment in Essex memory services
27-Jul-2012
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Ipswich's data on 18-weeks target to be faces assessment
27-Jul-2012
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Cambridge University Hospitals fails two key standards
27-Jul-2012
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Sleep centre struggles with 18 week target
25-Jul-2012
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North Bristol outsources work to bring waiting list under control
20-Jul-2012
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Great Ormond Street a 'national outlier' on diagnostic waits
20-Jul-2012
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Time has 'run out' for Clinicenta, MP warns
20-Jul-2012
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Walton Centre misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
18-Jul-2012
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Governance rating 'damaged' reputation of FT
18-Jul-2012
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Private provider to deal with Gloucestershire Hospitals test backlog
18-Jul-2012
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WWL misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
17-Jul-2012
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Will new waiting time records be broken?
17-Jul-2012
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A mandate for bad waiting list management
9-Jul-2012
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Wider lessons from Imperial's long waits
9-Jul-2012
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Bowel campaign scuppers attempts to cut diagnostic waits
6-Jul-2012
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
29-Jun-2012
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Cumbria misses RTT waiting target for Q1 2012-13
29-Jun-2012
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Local picture on 18 week waits: April 2012
22-Jun-2012
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Princess Alexandra improves on 18 week target
21-Jun-2012
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Focus on waiting list still delivering success
21-Jun-2012
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Southampton FT falls short on three performance measures
15-Jun-2012
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James Paget missed 18 week target in March
1-Jun-2012
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Waiting times row health board misses treatment target
31-May-2012
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Emergency waits rise alongside savings target struggle
31 May 2012
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Norfolk and Norwich at risk of breaching authorisation
24-May-2012
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The active patient tracking list
24-May-2012
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Wait control: a new system for better waiting list management
24-May-2012
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The 18-week waits performance in your region
18-May-2012
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Leeds Hospitals, Mid Yorks and York FT 'missing elective wait targets'
18-May-2012
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Southend agrees contract for 2012-13
17-May-2012
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James Paget's performance slumps
17-May-2012
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Does cutting long-waits cause a jump in demand?
16-May-2012
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Text message service launched to reduce missed appointments
11-May-2012
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Minister denies cutting Welsh NHS budget
11-May-2012
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Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
9-May-2012
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New day surgery unit at Lincoln County Hospital
1-May-2012
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Waiting list target missed at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt FT
27-Apr-2012
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Michael White: the battle over waiting times is blurred by both sides
26-Apr-2012
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust struggles with 18 week backlog
25-Apr-2012
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Waiting times: 'strong' or 'a huge embarrassment'?
25-Apr-2012
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Trust put finances ahead of waiting lists, Monitor suggests
24-Apr-2012
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NHS reports strong performance on 18 weeks targets
20-Apr-2012
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Your 18-week waits
20-Apr-2012
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Latest waiting times 'embarrassing' for government - Labour
20-Apr-2012
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NHS consolidates its position on waiting times
19-Apr-2012
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Regulator puts Bolton FT in 'significant breach' over waiting times
17-Apr-2012
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Health board management to be scrutinised over waiting times
4-Apr-2012
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Waiting times soar as Scotland's backstop fails
3-Apr-2012
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The local picture on waiting times
20-Mar-2012
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Targets met, records broken: good news on waiting times
15-Mar-2012
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Heatherwood struggles on 18 week target
15-Mar-2012
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EoE ambulance performance hit by hospital delays
13-Mar-2012
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A&E waits too long at James Paget
13-Mar-2012
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Performance metrics problem for East Sussex Healthcare
6-Mar-2012
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Hospitals meet 18 week waiting time target
29-Feb-2012
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Unwelcome 18 week anniversary for Frimley Park
27-Feb-2012
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18 week issues at Lincs partnership
27-Feb-2012
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Wirral FT analyses steep decline in waiting list performance
24-Feb-2012
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Toynbee exposes the waiting list cheats
22-Feb-2012
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More waiting list patients frozen in time
22-Feb-2012
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December's waiting times data - the local picture
17-Feb-2012
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Latest on 18 week waits: better in December
16-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: London lost over 70 emergency calls after clocks went back
16 February 2012
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Pennine Acute waiting targets performance falls again in November
15-Feb-2012
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Imperial's waiting times holiday
14-Feb-2012
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How reduced internal delays can save money, and thousands of bed days
14-Feb-2012
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PMQs and the truth about waiting times
8-Feb-2012
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Bristol just misses out on A&E standard in December
2-Feb-2012
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Three hundred wait more than four hours at Queen Elizabeth
2-Feb-2012
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Imperial suspends reporting on waiting lists
2-Feb-2012
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Commissioner contract still unsigned at RUH
26-Jan-2012
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Guy's and St Thomas' missing 18wk referral to treatment time targets
24-Jan-2012
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The local picture on waiting times
23-Jan-2012
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Northern Devon performs best on 18 week RTT target
20-Jan-2012
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Peterborough and Stamford fails to hit waiting time target
20-Jan-2012
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Latest RTT waiting times data - November 2011
19-Jan-2012
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Making sense of conflicting waiting times targets
17-Jan-2012
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Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems
16-Jan-2012
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Buckinghamshire fails on 18 week target
16-Jan-2012
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Hospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
12-Jan-2012
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PCT expects further poor waiting times figures from Royal Bolton
6-Jan-2012
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250 Pennine Acute ‘backlog’ patients transferred to private sector
4-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
4-Jan-2012
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Wirral among worst in country for referral to treatment times – DH report
23-Dec-2011
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New English waiting list data: view the interactive maps
19-Dec-2011
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St Helens and Knowsley October admitted RTT performance third lowest in North West
16-Dec-2011
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University Hospitals of Leicester faces 2pc contract cut over elective waits
16-Dec-2011
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Liverpool Women’s October admitted RTT performance best in North West
16-Dec-2011
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Central Manchester FT scores 79.2 per cent against 18 week target in October
16-Dec-2011
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Wirral Teaching Hospital October admitted RTT performance lowest in region
16-Dec-2011
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Endoscopy waits under scrutiny at Gloucestershire acute trust
15-Dec-2011
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Royal Cornwall Hospital fined over 18 weeks backlog
15-Dec-2011
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Waiting times a concern in Norfolk
15-Dec-2011
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NHS Cambs breaches diagnostics waiting target
14-Dec-2011
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Increased demand for neurosurgery presses Walton Centre waiting times
9-Dec-2011
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Commissioners request detailed plan for tackling Alder Hey waiting times
9-Dec-2011
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New target, new perversity
8-Dec-2011
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Monitor to review FT assessment process but 'the bar will remain high'
8 December 2011
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Patients' right to alternative provider should be 'publicised'
1 December 2011
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Leading teaching hospital may have to outsource long-waiters
25-Nov-2011
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New duties on waiting times and readmissions for providers in Operating Framework
24-Nov-2011
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Shrewsbury and Telford review after 'blind' concerns
17-Nov-2011
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Making the case for a one-year limit on waiting times
17-Nov-2011
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DH to act on thousands of long-wait patients
17-Nov-2011
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Amber-red rating for Coventry and Warwickshire over C difficile and waiting times
16-Nov-2011
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Lansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times
14-Nov-2011
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NHS Bolton invokes 'contractual penalties' over foundation trust’s waiting times
3-Nov-2011
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Heatherwood and Wexham feeling the strain in the South
3 November 2011
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How mobile healthcare solutions could help tackle waiting times
3 November 2011
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Monitor examines FTs' patient guarantees loophole
2-Nov-2011
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Unplanned A&E re-attendance remains above target in Bolton
1-Nov-2011
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Heatherwood FT rated red in Monitor submission
28-Oct-2011
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Heatherwood FT cuts waiting time reduction schemes
27-Oct-2011
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London's hospital trusts set to miss waiting time targets
27 October 2011
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When the long-waiters are forgotten
26-Oct-2011
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Newham improves 18 week RTT but is still below 90 per cent
21-Oct-2011
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Commissioners reject University Hospitals of Leicester waiting times action plan
20-Oct-2011
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64 patients declined funding as NHS Buckinghamshire fails on 18 week target
17-Oct-2011
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Doncaster nurse prescribers slash alcohol addiction treatment times
14-Oct-2011
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Performance notices on Oxford Radcliffe lifted after improvements
14-Oct-2011
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Waiting targets being missed by one in three PCTs
14-Oct-2011
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Latest RTT waiting times: August 2011
14-Oct-2011
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Patients facing 27-week waits for physiotherapy services
7-Oct-2011
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Lansley and Neil in the waiting times trap
6-Oct-2011
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DH analysing big 18 weeks backlog at Shrewsbury and Telford
5-Oct-2011
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals 'underperforming' says DH
5-Oct-2011
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Ban commissioners from setting minimum waiting times - CCP
5-Oct-2011
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Kingston says most year-plus elective waits have already been treated
4-Oct-2011
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'Medical tourism' warning over government cuts
30-Sep-2011
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Plymouth Hospitals makes 18 week target despite backlog
30-Sep-2011
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Deteriorating A&E waits at Peterborough and Stamford FT
27-Sep-2011
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Waiting times at Central Manchester FT ‘more challenging’ than other trusts
14-Sep-2011
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London trust wide of the mark on waiting times
7-Sep-2011
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Southampton trust misses targets on waiting times
16-Aug-2011
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East Cheshire Trust misses key waiting times targets again
8-Aug-2011
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Imperial served with performance notice over 18-weeks target
8-Aug-2011
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Amber-red rating for North West Ambulance Service’s FT bid
8-Aug-2011
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South London A&E performance running at winter peak levels in May and June
26-Jul-2011
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Perfect placement: getting patients out of hospital and onto their preferred pathway
25-Jul-2011
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Solent misses surplus target as out of hours service struggles
22-Jul-2011
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Waiting and IT concerns at Newcastle Hospitals
21-Jul-2011
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Shrewsbury and Telford risks 'worst case' £5m deficit
20-Jul-2011
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Derby Hospitals missing five Monitor targets
12-Jul-2011
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North East tops regions on A&E waiting times
12-Jul-2011
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Sheffield Children’s to address waiting problems
11-Jul-2011
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Winchester and Eastleigh misses waiting times targets
4-Jul-2011
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Yorkshire trusts pulled up on elective waiting times
4-Jul-2011
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Flory highlights 'unacceptable' waiting times
4-Jul-2011
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Learning lessons from north of the border
4-Jul-2011
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Seven trusts and two primary care trusts finished 2010-11 in deficit, DH says
30-Jun-2011
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Waiting times problems at Hull and East Yorks Hospitals
21-Jun-2011
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Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent
17-Jun-2011
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18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
16-Jun-2011
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Mid Essex savings and governance issues 'escalated'
13-Jun-2011
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Royal Cornwall brings in mobile surgeries in bid to meet 18 week target
6-Jun-2011
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UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12
26-May-2011
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More patients waiting longer for diagnostic tests
26 May 2011
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RiO problems hit Oxford Health FT
18-May-2011
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park missing cancer targets due to capacity problems
19-Apr-2011
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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber FT cuts CAMHS waits
19-Apr-2011
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PCT warns Peterborough and Stamford FT on 18 weeks
18-Apr-2011
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South Tees struggles with C diff and cancer waits
12-Apr-2011
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Guy's and St Thomas's A and E under pressure
18-Mar-2011
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South Warwickshire FT misses national targets
11-Mar-2011
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Concerns raised over children's waiting times at University Hospitals of Leicester
11-Mar-2011
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Just 38.5 per cent of Trafford Healthcare referrals to The Christie hit cancer waiting target
9-Mar-2011
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Waits at Southport and Ormskirk above national threshold
9-Mar-2011
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West Essex PCT reports 18 week standard at risk
2-Mar-2011
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Row brews over Central Manchester UH FT diagnostic test waiting times
2-Mar-2011
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Waits for diagnostic tests rise sharply for NHS Stockport patients
1-Mar-2011
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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
28-Feb-2011
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Pennine acute misses 12 out of 65 performance targets
28-Feb-2011
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Stockport FT contract £2.5m overspent, while waiting times increase
25-Feb-2011
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Low patient numbers make waiting targets a challenge for Aintree Hospitals FT
24-Feb-2011
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St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals miss waiting targets in five specialties
24-Feb-2011
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Oral surgery backlog at Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
23-Feb-2011
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PCT tells Basildon and Thurrock FT to delay appointments
21-Feb-2011
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare rejects PCT call to extend waiting times
17-Feb-2011
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Over 1,000 patients miss waiting time targets at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
3-Feb-2011
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Oral surgery problems threaten South Warwickshire FT waiting times
25-Jan-2011
