All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 11
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CommentNot giving up on elective waiting times
When elective waiting times go up, how can we minimise the harm to patients?
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CommentBonfire of financial penalties reaches cancer and RTT standards
Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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News18 week waits, January 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for January 2017
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CommentElective waits improve in January
The English waiting list and waiting times fell in January in better-than-expected figures. However the NHS remains in serious breach of the 18 week standard, and on recent trends things are still expected to get worse.
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News18 week waits, December 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for December 2016
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CommentNow it’s 20 weeks - elective waiting times at pre-target levels
English waiting times rose sharply in December, driven by the growing waiting list and winter pressures. And there was a sharp drop in the proportion of local hospital services achieving the 18 week target. By Rob Findlay
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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.