All articles by Rob Findlay
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Elective recovery on track after validation boost
When the validations are over, we will see if the NHS really is on track to restore 18 weeks
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Wait list grows for first time in seven months
Seasonal growth has overwhelmed recent sluggish improvements, writes Rob Findlay
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Wait list falls for sixth consecutive month but too slowly
This run of good news is probably coming to an end
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Elective recovery remains stalled
The waiting list needs to be shrinking about 10 times faster
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Elective recovery loses more momentum
Elective recovery slowed again in November. But, says Rob Findlay, the right approach to the renewed national waiting time targets could reverse the decline.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Accelerating elective recovery takes a pause
The rate of waiting list reduction has paused far short of the required one million per year.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Elective recovery gets underway
The pace will need to be even higher in 2025-26, writes Rob Findlay.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Year-on-year waiting list reduction accelerates
But it needs to shrink by nearly a million a year to restore 18-week waits.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Waiting list falls year-on-year for first time since pandemic
But it needs to fall a lot faster to recover “18 weeks” performance.