Waiting list and waiting times rise again
A larger waiting list, more patients over 18 weeks, and rising waiting times, all fuelled by a low elective admission rate. There is little to cheer about in August's RTT statistics.
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Bed occupancy and risk – real results
New techniques reveal how the risk of bed crisis depends on non-elective bed occupancy. Here are some results from real NHS hospitals.
Elective admissions fall again
Elective admissions fell to their lowest July rate in ten years. It wasn't a patch on winter's torrid slowdown though.
One year waiters up 13 per cent in June
The rise in one year waiters has accelerated.
When there aren’t enough beds
Managers are making huge efforts to admit ever more patients through limited beds. Our analysis suggests that most of those interventions will make little difference - though there is one that will.
One year waiters double in six months
One year waiters should be going down. Instead they are soaring.
The right bed occupancy
Should your bed occupancy be 85 per cent, or 92 per cent? In fact, probably neither because it depends on the situation. We've developed a way of working it out, and were wondering if you'd like to give it a try?
The hare, the tortoise, and restoring 18 week waits
The money's on its way, and the government wants to restore 18 week waits. Waiting list initiatives have a proven track record, don't they? And so did Aesop's hare.
Biggest ever RTT waiting list
The NHS has now failed to keep up with demand since RTT records began.
Demand, capacity, and the law of averages
If you plan capacity without allowing for variation, disaster will follow. Or will it?