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Planning: the easy, the hard, and the important
Why planning is so complex, and how you can keep it meaningful.
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PMQs and the truth about waiting times
David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade waiting time statistics over the dispatch box. Who was right?
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Prime Minister’s Questions
There was a bust-up over NHS waiting times at yesterday's PMQs. Were the Prime Minister's claims correct? More importantly, were they relevant?
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Reasons to be cheerful (and gloomy) about elective waits
Despite the doom and gloom about NHS performance, elective waiting times are actually pretty good. The trouble is, they're heading in the wrong direction.
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Referral to treatment: one lump or three?
When modelling referral-to-treatment waiting times, it is better to model each stage separately (outpatient, diagnostic, inpatient or daycase).
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Referral-to-treatment waiting time targets have reached the end of the road
The focus this winter should be reducing risk for clinical priority patients
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Respecting urgency while struggling with 18 weeks
What happens to the care of urgent patients when hospitals struggle with the 18-week waiting time target?
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RTT waiting times – can we ever catch up?
It's a surprisingly small challenge, so why not?
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Safety or targets? The government’s choice on routine waiting times
NHS England's priorities point to a patient safety approach on waiting times. But will the government override them in pursuit of targets?
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Scotland’s backlog still growing
Scotland is growing a waiting list backlog, despite the new RTT waiting times target. Will the new Treatment Time Guarantee solve the problem?