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The financial sanctions are tilting slightly away from the perverse targets, but making them mandatory brings them back with a vengeance. Is anyone actually in favour of these perverse sanctions? If not, why are we carrying on with them?
When the main 18-weeks target is eventually breached, there will be a fuss even though waits are still short by historical standards. Yet the fuss is justified.
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The English NHS achieved the main 18-weeks target in January, but the gap is closing and it's turning into a nail-biter as the Election approaches.
The Scottish Government is trying to control the explosive growth in outpatient waits, but risks unleashing a torrent of demand that could overwhelm its higher-profile waiting time targets. All in the run-up to this year's UK General Election and next year's Scottish Parliament Election.
Is this once-off, or something we need to keep doing? It's an expensive confusion to make, but it happens up and down the NHS. Here's how Gooroo Planner makes it all absolutely clear.
NHS managers are used to life not being fair. But those of you who are responsible for 18 week waiting times must be feeling particularly hard done by at the moment. (First published in Roy Lilley's NHS Managers newsletter)
Long waits deteriorated across the board in December, especially in the longer-waiting services. Even so, there is a decent chance of the English NHS delivering its 18-week targets right up to the General Election.
You can already plan next year's capacity in one big lump. And you can break that plan down week by week. Now you can go even further, and model it patient by patient.
A gap has opened up on waiting times, and the Government is papering over the cracks for the Election. (First published at Roy Lilley's nhsManagers newsletter)