All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 5
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Waiting times will probably top 52 weeks by March
Waiting times would have to grow a lot slower than they did over the summer, to avoid an England-wide breach of 52 weeks by the end of March, writes Rob Findlay
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Elective recovery fails to halt soaring waiting times
September was the NHS’ best chance to arrest the rapid deterioration in elective waiting times. But the challenge was too great, writes Rob Findlay.
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10 pc of elective patients treated in August had waited 10 months or more
More and more waiting lists are disappearing into the 52-week-plus category, notes Rob Findlay
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Elective waits reach the 40 week threshold
The NHS’ warning threshold for extreme long waits has become the norm. By Rob Findlay
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Efforts to treat long-waiters were overwhelmed in June
The NHS managed to admit more long-waiting patients in June, but the numbers were small and waiting times rose rapidly.
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Elective waits topped 34 weeks in May
An enormous and invisible backlog is building up during covid, as referrals are delayed. By Rob Findlay
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Mapped: A&E, cancer and RTT waiting time
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England in May 2020, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. RTT and cancer data is for April and A&E data is for May.
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Waiting times rising by one week, every week
Rob Findlay’s insights over rising waiting times in April reveals over a million patients waiting longer than 18 weeks and 11,000 waiting longer than a year.
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Mapped: NHS waiting times after the covid peak
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2020.
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Average waiting time for NHS operations hits six months thanks to covid
The request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests. By Rob Findlay
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The state of elective waiting times before covid-19
Rob Findlay’s insight on the last RTT data before the covid-19 elective shutdown leads to the conclusion that now is a good time to take stock
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How Covid19 may impact NHS elective waiting times
An elective shutdown during the covid-19 outbreak is likely to affect the very longest waiting patients most
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Waits drift upwards as lack of focus continues
Waiting times are creeping up as waiting list management processes wither
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RTT waits jump to 25 weeks
Elective waiting times jumped to 25 weeks in England, as admission rates fell unusually low even for a December. By Rob Findlay
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NHS England has got it right on beds
Was the centre right to call for lower bed occupancy? Yes, says Rob Findlay.
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Waiting list would need to shrink to 2015 levels, to re-achieve 18-week waits
Four years of waiting list growth would need to be undone to achieve the NHS Constitution standard again, says Rob Findlay
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It’s a bad autumn for the waiting list as admissions falter
When the NHS keeps up with demand, the waiting list shrinks in the autumn. It isn’t shrinking, notes Rob Findlay
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Analysis: Managing to the RTT target
In an ideal world, NHS hospitals would manage their elective waiting lists according to the needs of patients. Clinically urgent patients would be treated quickly, and routine patients would be treated on a first come, first served basis within a reasonable time. But the world is not ideal, explains Rob ...
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What would an 8.5 weeks average elective target look like?
Referral-to-treatment waiting times are under review, and average (mean) waiting times are being trialled as a possible replacement for the current “92 per cent within 18 weeks” target.
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Biggest ever waiting list as general election looms
The best way for the next government to reduce waiting times will be steadily and patiently, by keeping up with demand. Not with a blitz of waiting list initiatives.