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Operational managers often like to see their capacity plans at sub specialty level, especially in general surgery and orthopaedics. This is easily done in Gooroo Planner, but here are some things you may need to watch out for. And it's similar for other levels of detail, such as hospital site, commissioner, and procedure based modelling.
The English waiting list grew again in June. It needs to shrink decisively this autumn to avoid trouble on 18 weeks over winter.
Is the NHS always short of capacity because it's always short of money? Perhaps not. Waiting list initiatives and a reliance on 'extra' suggest that something else is going on.
In the long run, you can do no more and no less than keep up with demand. But, unlikely as it may sound, you can choose whether or not to keep breaching the waiting times targets. (First published at nhsManagers)
A practical guide to modelling follow-up outpatients (known as "returns" or "repeats" in Scotland) using Gooroo Planner, including waiting times, capacity, and how to model defined courses of treatment.
A guest post by Jonathon Fagge, who has been through five winter planning seasons as an NHS Commissioner – three as a Director and two as CEO. He asks two big questions: how could it be done better, and why isn't it?
The English waiting list grew seasonally in May to reach a record size. But waiting times remained steady, as the deterioration was concentrated in shorter-waiting specialties.
The latest guidance is massively simplifying the rules on 18 week waits. There is now a huge opportunity to do the same for local waiting times management.
We have released a major upgrade to the Gooroo API - the tool for automating your capacity planning and integrating it into your business intelligence dashboards.
Why the overhauled waiting times targets are better, and the dangers to watch out for. (First published by the Royal College of Surgeons)