It’s official: England breaches the 18 week standard
England officially breached the 18 week target at national level in December 2015, after unofficially breaching it since October. The cause: long term rapid growth in the size of the waiting list.
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An end to annual planning
No, annual planning is not dead yet. But it could become simply a by-product of genuine operational planning.
England still (probably) breaching 18 weeks
The 18 week target was narrowly breached again in November, if you adjust for non-reporting Trusts.
Enough
Whose fault is it that the NHS isn't delivering enough activity to keep up with demand? And what is "enough", anyway?
Delivering the Operational Plans
A full draft Operational Plan by the 8th of February? Certainly, sir. Would you prefer the sums to be wrong, or the method unrealistic?
Modelling complex patient pathways
Clinical pathways don't always run in straight lines. Here is how you can model even quite complex pathways quickly and easily using Gooroo Planner.
England breaches 18 weeks
If you take non-reporting Trusts into account, the English NHS probably breached 18 weeks in October - for the first time since the target was originally achieved in January 2012.
Consultation: automatic deletion of old files
When you've been using Gooroo for a while, your account can get quite filled up with old datasets and reports that you don't need any more. We are consulting on proposals to automatically move items to the Trash after 2 years, and then permanently delete items that have been in the Trash for more than 3 months.
Modelling pathways that bypass outpatients
What happens when some patients bypass outpatients and are added directly onto the elective waiting list? Conversion rates don't work as straightforwardly as they should. Here's what you can do about it.
18 weeks still on course for England-wide breach
The English waiting list improved a bit in September, and by slightly more than expected, which pushes the anticipated breach of 18 weeks back into January.