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Elective waits at your Trust

Sticky: up to date analysis of your elective waiting times performance

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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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‘England is stuck with complex and perverse waiting times targets’

Why nothing will be done to improve England's 18-week waiting time targets.

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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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“Managed breach” ends with 18 weeks success

The English NHS treated record numbers of long-waiting patients in March, taking full advantage of the last month of the 'managed breach' and achieving the... Watch the video

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“I need our long-wait trajectories for a meeting tomorrow!”

A long-waits forecast that was accurate down to the last patient? Yes, and two months running too. We'd be the first to admit there was... Watch the video

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18 week pressures: the unpalatable choice

When waiting lists grow, you have a choice: carry on achieving the 18-week target, or minimise waiting times for your patients. We look at two... Watch the video

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18 week target scrapes through to Election

The main 18-weeks waiting time target was achieved throughout the run-up to the General Election, thanks to short-term measures. It won't last.

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18 week waits – current position

The England-wide picture on waiting times up to February 2011. Overall, little change since January, though the headline target was breached for the first time... Watch the video

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18 week waits and the General Election

It's going to be an 18-weeks nail-biter in the run-up to the General Election, especially for the adjusted admitted target.

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18 weeks “no longer important”?

English waiting times will continue to grow, indefinitely, until the NHS gets closer to keeping up with demand.