All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 16
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The English waiting list is bigger than first thought
After fixing a slip in my calculations, the adjusted English waiting list turns out to be bigger than first estimated.
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Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase
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The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February is 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on earth might be going on.
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Your 18 week waits: February 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest data.
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One-year waits race towards zero
One year waits continue to fall sharply. 18 week waits, and the waiting list overall, are steady. Orthopaedic long-waits are deteriorating.
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BlogsThe English waiting list: not growing after all?
After adjusting for counting changes, it turns out the English waiting list might not be growing after all.
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Your 18 week waits: January 2013 data
Interactive maps showing the local picture on waiting times, with click-through to detailed reports. Fully updated with the latest data for January 2013.
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Waiting list 'gap' is growing
One-year-waits improved, 18-week-waits are steady, the total waiting list is looking ever larger for the time of year.
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Differences in waiting times in Scotland and England
England’s waiting time guarantees are more inclusive than Scotland’s. Why?
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How will Monitor judge waiting times performance?
Monitor is out to consultation. My response explains why its approach to 18-week waits is perverse, and how to fix it.
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Scotland's treatment time guarantee shows results
Scotland’s inpatient and daycase waits, which are subject to a legally binding target, improved. Outpatient waits, which aren’t, didn’t.
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Your 18-week waits: December 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the long-wait pressures are, for NHS and independent sector providers and for commissioners.
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Putting on wait: English waiting list looking big
Some waiting times figures got a bit better in December, some a bit worse. But the size of the waiting list is starting to look worryingly big.
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'18-weeks' penalties change again: this time it's good
At last: instead of punishing hospitals for treating their long-waiters, the latest NHS Contract prevents long-wait backlogs from building up in the first place.
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Commissioning board changes '18-week wait' penalties
The NHS Commissioning Board has made a small, but significant and welcome, change to the penalties for breaching 18-week waits.
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Your 18 week waits: November 2012 data
The local picture on 18 week and one-year waiting times, for every English provider and commissioner, updated with the latest (November 2012) data.
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Commissioning board fumbles on waiting times
The draft NHS contract penalises hospitals who treat their long-waiters, but not if they keep them waiting. Why?
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NHS holds the line on 18 weeks
Small improvements meant new record-bests for long-waiters in November.
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One-year-waiters: real patients or data errors?
The dramatic reduction in one-year-waiters was more down to validation than treating real patients. But it’s essential nonetheless: there were still plenty of real patients there.
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Your 18 week waits: October 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the very-long-waiters are, how organisations fare against the “92 per cent within 18 weeks” target, and where the most clock pausing is happening. All updated with the latest October 2012 data.