All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 11
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News18 week waits, November 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for November 2016
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CommentElective waiting times tread water in November
Waiting times were steady in November, and other indicators followed the usual post-2012 pattern. Which means things are still getting steadily worse, writes Rob Findlay
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News18 week waits, October 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for October 2016
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CommentHere are your referral to treatment trajectories for the next two years
The waiting time guru runs the published RTT data through a planning model and produces detailed trajectories for trusts and specialties across England
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News18 week waits, September 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for September 2016
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CommentEnglish waits top 19 weeks – and all surgical specialties are now in breach
Elective waits passed the 19 week mark, all surgical specialties are now breaching, and only 69 per cent of local specialties are within target. As the waiting list grows this is only going to get worse.
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News18 week waits, August 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for August 2016
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CommentElective waits rise again in a wasted August
Elective waiting times lengthened beyond 18 weeks again in August, as the admission rate fell to a three year low.
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CommentHow to work out your waiting time trajectories accurately
Long-wait trajectories are easy to ask for, and surprisingly hard to calculate. But with a skilful model and a bit of luck, you could achieve precision planning for your trajectories. In this longer read we go deep into the detail
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CommentThe latest planning guidance gets perilously close to being useful
Despite first impressions, this year’s planning guidance is a welcome step away from the traditional financially led approach
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News18 week waits, July 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2016
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CommentJunior doctors' strikes - the effect on waiting times
Junior doctors’ strikes mean a loss of elective activity and a rise in waiting times, but don’t go blaming them for the continued breach of “18 weeks”.
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CommentSome suggestions for the Patients Association about elective waiting times
The Patients Association’s waiting times report had a big impact, but NHS England was still justified in calling it “misleading and statistically flawed”. How could future reports avoid the pitfalls?
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CommentEngland remains solidly in breach of 18 weeks as new incentives loom
Longer-waiting services should have improved in June, as trusts approach the start of their “reset” trajectories in July. But instead those longer waits got worse.
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CommentAre the ‘18 weeks’ trajectories deliverable?
The “financial reset” document explains how 18 week waiting times will be restored. But will it work
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CommentEnglish waits improve slightly in May
There was a slight improvement in elective waiting times in May
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CommentUnderstanding Scotland's review of NHS targets
Getting the elective targets right is important, but balancing activity against demand matters more
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CommentUnderstanding discrepancies when tracking long-waiters against plan
To answer how many patients are expected to breach the target every week, you need to understand how patients are being scheduled
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2016
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CommentIt is unlikely the 18 week target will ever be achieved again
The English waiting list grew more rapidly than expected in April, and it looks like we have passed a crucial milestone.