Tying your shoelaces
We've just had the biggest waiting list increase ever seen in the month of August. Even then, it was less than 4 per cent of the number of patients treated.
Filter blog posts
You can filter out our blog posts below by a category relevant to yourself.
Major upgrade to Gooroo Planner
Run your models from any date, to any date. Update them as often as you like. Do it all automatically... and much more, in our latest upgrade on Monday 23rd November 2015.
Analysis: when will England breach 18 weeks?
Predicting is a mug's game. Nevertheless, grab your calculator, and let's see if we can work out when the 18 week target is going to be breached across England.
Putting operational managers in control of performance
The "exceptions table" sounds innocuous enough. But whoever controls it has the power to transform the management of entire hospitals.
Biggest ever August increase in English waiting list
Longer queues mean longer waits: the elective waiting list in England is edging towards breach as the number of patients waiting for hospital treatment in England shot up in August.
Skiing holidays
February half term is ages away. Why should we worry about it now?
Modelling the bit in the middle: diagnostic stages of treatment
After the initial 'one-day' implementation of Gooroo Planner, one of the first refinements you will want to make is around the diagnostic stage of treatment. Fortunately, it's easier than you might think.
England in July: longer queue, longer waits
The waiting list grew, waiting times went up, and so did the risk of an 18 week national breach.
The worst that can happen
“If we let this urgent patient wait just a few days longer, then we can get this near-breach patient treated before the end of the month”. What would you do?
Scottish waiting times spiral upwards
Scottish outpatient waits are still going up like a rocket. But tackling them effectively will pile further pressure on the higher-profile Treatment Time Guarantee.