waiting time targets
The 18-week target
The 18-week target is not dead, but it is weakened. And the new performance monitoring regime betrays a lack of understanding of waiting list dynamics.
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The blip is over: waiting times break new records
Waiting times resumed their downward trend, breaking new records for best-ever long-waits performance.
waiting time targets
The curious achievement of 18 weeks
How the 18 week target had the perverse effect of making waiting times worse.
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The imminent demise of 18 weeks
When the main 18-weeks target is eventually breached, there will be a fuss even though waits are still short by historical standards. Yet the fuss... Watch the video
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The injustice of it all
NHS managers are used to life not being fair. But those of you who are responsible for 18 week waiting times must be feeling particularly... Watch the video
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The local detail on clock pauses
The local detail on clock pauses, by specialty, by Trust and PCT.
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The local picture on waiting times
Which Trusts and PCTs have the biggest waiting times pressures? And how do we explain the Trust whose patients are apparently frozen in time?
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The local picture on waiting times
All the detail on 18 week waits: every specialty, every Trust, every PCT, all based on the latest (January 2012) data.
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The long view on long waits
A short history of waiting times: dramatic improvements under Labour, and a wobble followed by renewed improvement under the Coalition.
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The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February was 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on... Watch the video