Interpreting Capacity analysis: the Charts
The Charts view gives you a statistical analysis of theatre and clinic usage on different days of the week. This is how it works, and how you interpret it.
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Standard licences to replace read-only in September
In September 2016 we are going to replace Gooroo Planner's unsupported free read-only licences with supported Standard licences. The price? Just £1,000+VAT per user per year.
Tailgating – the false economy of letting the waiting list grow
Tailgating strategies powered the global financial crisis. Now the NHS is doing it too.
Waiting time targets – like happiness – are best pursued indirectly
It sounds sensible to book patients in before they breach the target. But in practice it is unfair, unsafe, and keeps waiting times on the brink of failure. There is a better way.
Planning a hospital for constant capacity – a worked example
In principle, we can plan the hospital to smooth out expensive peaks and troughs in capacity. In practice we need to apply some common sense too.
English waiting list grew by over 12 per cent year-on-year
Officially, England only just missed the 18 week target. Unofficially things were much worse because of non-reporting Trusts. What is most worrying is that the waiting list has grown by over 12 per cent year on year.
If the NHS had cruise control – the importance of constant capacity
Keeping waiting times close to the brink is a false economy. Make headroom once, and you can run the hospital more cheaply forever.
Adaptable – how NHS planning is rediscovering its purpose
The old, centralised, annualised approach to planning and performance management is fading. In its place is emerging something much more adaptable, much more granular, and much more useful.
How to use the new constant capacity settings
Capacity in the NHS can be a bit of a bumpy ride, with expensive escalation beds and extra sessions. Gooroo Planner can help you smooth things out, with new constant capacity modelling.
Upgrade: constant capacity
The latest (free) upgrade to Gooroo Planner includes constant capacity modelling, zero profiling, overhauled dataset settings, and revised capacity calculations.