All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 21
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Making sense of conflicting waiting times targets
The NHS has been given conflicting waiting times targets this year. There is a solution, and it lies mainly in PCT clusters’ hands.
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Disarray on waiting times targets
By keeping the old, distorting waiting times targets in the new NHS Contract, the government has undermined its stated intention to tackle excessive waits.
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New English waiting list data: view the interactive maps
Where are the longest waits? What are waiting times like in your local NHS? How difficult is the new waiting time target? Here are some maps to help you find the answers.
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Latest waiting time stats: one year waits halved in October
One-year waiters halved in October; a spectacular success for the NHS. Otherwise, it’s steady as she goes as we head into winter.
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New target, new perversity
The new RTT waiting times target is very welcome, but it brings new dangers of its own: distortion of clinical priorities, and hidden waiting lists.
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How hard is the new 18 week target?
The new 18 week target can be achieved. In a few places it is going to be difficult. But most of the NHS could achieve it by improving patient scheduling alone.
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Making the case for a one-year limit on waiting times
Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever make the case for NHS trusts guaranteeing a one-year limit on referral to treatment waiting times.
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Comment'It's time for a one year maximum wait'
Problems with waiting times are far from insurmountable - they just require the will to change, argue Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever.
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When the long-waiters are forgotten
When patients are forgotten on waiting lists, anything can happen. Sometimes comical errors, sometimes awful tragedies.
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Latest RTT waiting times: August 2011
The NHS fended off its waiting time pressures in August, providing some much-needed breathing space as winter approaches.
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Lansley and Neil in the waiting times trap
Waiting times have come to mean the opposite of waiting lists, and this has turned public debate on the NHS upside down.
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How long does it take to do 100 minutes' work?
There are 13,259 over-one-year waiters on the English waiting list. That’s only 100 minutes’ work for the NHS. Why not put an end to excessive waiting times once and for all?
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What causes seasonal variations in elective admissions?
Elective admissions go up and down like a yo-yo. Why? Nearly everything is explained by the calendar.
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How good journalism can improve NHS waiting times
There is plenty to hold the NHS and the government to account for, once we stop focusing on the wrong waiting times figures.
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The upside-down reporting of NHS waiting times
When waiting times improve, the papers say they got worse. A closer look at the numbers shows why.
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Waiting times steady in June
A detailed analysis of the June 2011 referral-to-treatment waiting time figures.
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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.