A massive effort at the end of England's much-extended waiting list initiative saw record admission rates and a record focus on treating long-waiters. The result?... Watch the video
October was another flop for the English national waiting list initiative, with fewer patients treated than usual and more long-waiters.
The waiting list should be shrinking at this time of year, but it isn't. In better news, the number of one year waiters is coming... Watch the video
Long waits deteriorated across the board in December, especially in the longer-waiting services. Even so, there is a decent chance of the English NHS delivering... Watch the video
Waiting times across England as a whole have now breached 52 weeks. The silver lining is that, in a couple of months, the published data... Watch the video
The English waiting list dodged the 3 million mark again, helped along by a surge in admissions and yet another Trust dropping out of the... Watch the video
Despite a national breach of the admitted patient target, there is no sign that the current waiting list initiative had much effect on long waiters... Watch the video
After fixing an error around Trusts mergers, the adjusted English waiting list turns out to be bigger than first estimated.
Officially, England only just missed the 18 week target. Unofficially things were much worse because of non-reporting Trusts. What is most worrying is that the... Watch the video
The English waiting list grew again in June. It needs to shrink decisively this autumn to avoid trouble on 18 weeks over winter.