All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 20
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Minimum waiting times, and hopelessness
The Co-operation and Competition Panel report that minimum waiting times are widespread. Why are minimum waits the wrong approach? And what is realistic?
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The trouble with PTLs
When things get difficult, trusts often use PTLs to achieve their waiting time targets. But PTLs have unintended consequences.
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Latest waiting times, trust by trust
A detailed look at the May 2011 RTT waiting times, at specialty and Trust level.
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Latest on RTT waiting times - the May 2011 data is out
RTT waiting times in England improved again in May. But you wouldn’t know it from the media. Or even the Department of Health.
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Waiting times improve again in May - England RTT stats released today
English RTT waiting times improved again in May
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DH sweeps long-waits under the carpet
Surely the deputy chief executive of the NHS in England cannot be encouraging Trusts to sweep their long-waiters under the carpet and ignore them?
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Learning lessons from north of the border
The Scots have repeated England’s mistakes in setting their waiting time targets. But they still have a trick up their sleeve that England could learn from.
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Latest waiting times - a closer look
The latest waiting times data, drilling down to Trust level; what's up and what's down
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English waiting times improve in April
Longwaits went down in April, continuing the recovery after the winter.
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How do Trust Boards monitor waiting times?
Trust board papers are often surprisingly coy about the state of the waiting list. If you were a non-executive director, would you even know if there was a problem at your Trust?
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Latest on waiting times - signs of recovery?
Pressure on waiting times fell in March, as Trusts treated their long-waiting patients. As a result, the headline 18-week target deteriorated.
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Many measures of waiting times
Bewildered by the vast pick-and-mix of different waiting time measures? Here’s a fact checker that has them all.
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Cut waiting times, breach the target
How government targets deter hospitals from cutting waiting times, and how they could change for the better.