Morning discharges and the 4 hour target
They help, but only when bed occupancy is very high. Part 5 of a 7-part series on bed occupancy.
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Some strategies for tackling excessive bed occupancy
Should we focus on morning discharges? Or reducing lengths of stay? Part 4 of a 7-part series on bed occupancy.
Calculating bed occupancy and risk – hour by hour variation
Variation during the week. Part 3 of a 7-part series on bed occupancy.
Calculating bed occupancy and risk – week by week variation
Week by week variation. Part 2 of a 7-part series on bed occupancy.
Time to stop talking about bed occupancy
...and start talking about the risk of running out of beds. The first in a 7-part series on bed occupancy.
Bed occupancy and risk – real results
New techniques reveal how the risk of bed crisis depends on non-elective bed occupancy. Here are some results from real NHS hospitals.
Introducing monthly cancer control charts
Are your cancer pathways designed to breach the targets? Why not check, using our new monthly cancer control charts? Based on data published by NHS England they analyse whether your cancer pathways are in control, and how often they are expected to breach, so you know what action you need to take.
Introducing monthly A&E control charts
The 4-hour A&E target is the highest profile performance target in the English NHS. We analyse every Trust's performance each month using control charts, and this is an introduction.
Follow-up outpatients and the clinical harm of delay
Everybody agrees that clinical priorities should come first. Why does this principle break down when it comes to follow-up outpatients?
Interpreting Capacity analysis: the control Charts
Is your bed flow designed to deliver regular crises? Is theatre performance stable? Control charts analyse your bed, theatre and clinic capacity for different days of the week, so that you can tell what was expected performance and what was unusual.