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The NAO report on NHS waiting times for elective care in England
The NAO have done a good report on waiting times. This is an opportunity to simplify the targets, make better use of Choose & Book,... Watch the video
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The new Operating Framework and 18 week waits
The waiting time target remains 90 per cent within 18 weeks RTT for admitted patients, enforced through the contract. But it takes a bit of... Watch the video
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The NHS’s approach to reducing elective waiting times is unlikely to work
Trying to eliminate cohorts of waiting list patients is too simplistic
waiting time targets
The possible death of 18 weeks
(First published in Roy Lilley’s nhsManagers newsletter) The English NHS breached the 18-week waiting times target in March, but the bald statistics just don’t give... Watch the video
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The right thing to do: England reforms its waiting times targets
The two perverse 18-weeks targets have been scrapped in England, strengthening the 18 week standard and making it fairer.
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The upside-down reporting of NHS waiting times
When waiting times improve, the papers say they got worse. A closer look at the numbers shows why.
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Time for a one year maximum wait?
Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever make the case for a one-year limit on RTT waiting times.
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Time for an amnesty on waiting list data
Covid has created an urgent need, and a unique opportunity, to get the true waiting list out in the open
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Toynbee exposes the waiting list cheats
Polly Toynbee was right to expose waiting list cheats. But let's fix the system, not start a witch-hunt against hospitals.
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Turbulence ahead for Scottish waiting times
The Scottish Government is trying to control the explosive growth in outpatient waits, but risks unleashing a torrent of demand that could overwhelm its higher-profile... Watch the video