Rob Findlay
Dr Rob Findlay is director of strategic solutions at Insource Ltd and founder of Gooroo.
Contact info
- Email:
- rob@robfindlay.co.uk
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Testing Labour’s waiting list pledge
Waiting list expert Rob Findlay examines whether Labour’s election pledge to restore the 18 week elective target within five years is feasible.
- News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Longest waits fall in year-end activity surge
Very long elective waits improved as the NHS increased inpatient and daycase treatments at the end of 2023-24, finds Rob Findlay.
- News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Wait list (probably) flatlines as community services disappear from data
About 40,000 patient pathways have disappeared. But on the plus side, a new and better data series has begun.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Mental health waiting times skyrocket
While the NHS made slow progress towards its next target, the longest elective waits and those for mental health care deteriorated
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Elective waiting times rise again
Targets to eliminate the longest waits slipped further out of reach in December
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Big improvement in waiting lists and times
A significant and real step in the right direction, with a lot further to go
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Waiting lists and times (probably) fall, at last
The falling waits for diagnosis and decision are especially welcome
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Waiting list growth begins to slow
England’s terrible waiting lists are getting worse more slowly
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Neurosurgery waits surge as national elective list hits new high
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
- Comment
Elective waiting list rises by 100,000 in July
The waiting list is still growing at more than 100,000 patients per month
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
- Comment
Waiting list grows again as NHS plays catch-up on missed targets
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow, writes Rob Findlay