waiting time targets
Introducing monthly A&E control charts
The 4-hour A&E target is the highest profile performance target in the English NHS. We analyse every Trust's performance each month using control charts, and... Watch the video
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Introducing monthly cancer control charts
Are your cancer pathways designed to breach the targets? Why not check, using our new monthly cancer control charts? Based on data published by NHS... Watch the video
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Is the 18-week target about to blow?
We look at the trends for some key waiting time indicators, to see if pressure is building for an 18-week blow-out. Orthopaedics is struggling, but... Watch the video
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Jeremy Hunt says “NHS waiting times: job not done”
The current governmental flap over elective waiting times is so fascinating, so contorted, and yet so familiar that it is hard to know where to... Watch the video
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Junior doctors’ strikes – the effect on waiting times
The junior doctors' strikes mean a loss of elective activity and a rise in waiting times. But don't go blaming them for the continued breach... Watch the video
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Lansley and Neil in the waiting times trap
Waiting times have come to mean the opposite of waiting lists, and this has turned public debate on the NHS upside down.
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Latest on 18 week waits: better in December
The December 2011 data for 18-week waits shows a continued improvement, not just in the total list size, but also in the number of long-waiters.
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Latest on 18 weeks: no worse, but no better
The indicators on 18 weeks have not recovered from their December blip.
waiting time targets
Latest on RTT waiting times – the May 2011 data is out
RTT waiting times in England improved again in May. But you wouldn't know it from the media. Or even the Department of Health.
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Latest on waiting times – signs of recovery?
Pressure on waiting times fell in March, as Trusts treated their long-waiting patients. As a result, the headline 18-week target deteriorated.