Demand, capacity, and the law of averages
If you plan capacity without allowing for variation, disaster will follow. Or will it?
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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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Your RTT profiles for 2018-19
Need a forecast of your referral-to-treatment (RTT) profiles for 2018-19? Look no further.
Waiting times blow out to 22 weeks as elective admissions falter
Waiting times rose again, and the longest waits were hardest hit. Continued, severe and widespread capacity pressures are the likely culprit.
Long waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over-one-year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.
Don’t target the waiting list size
At the core of this year's planning guidance lay something rather unusual. I think its intention was benign. But it has the potential to cause a lot of trouble, driving up waiting times and distorting clinical practice right across the country.
Getting started even faster with Gooroo Planner – the SQL pack
From a standing start, it usually takes less than a day to write decent queries and generate the first cut of hospital-wide modelling with Gooroo Planner. That's pretty fast. But we thought we could make it even faster.
RTT admission rates collapse
Admissions per working day fell dramatically, to the lowest January level ever recorded, as the NHS followed central guidance to shut down routine care and release beds for emergency admissions. One year waiters - a key goal for next year's plans - went up again and exceeded 2,000 for the first time since 2012.
The case for separating ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ facilities
There are arguments for and against splitting hot and cold facilities. How would you decide? This example from a real NHS hospital shows how careful modelling can lead to a clear recommendation.