Planning healthcare in the ultimate detail
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.
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Caveat emptor
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)
England’s waiting list initiative ends with a sprint
A massive effort at the end of England's much-extended waiting list initiative saw record admission rates and a record focus on treating long-waiters. The result? It hardly made any difference. Even so, the Government stands a reasonable chance of squeezing out a clean set of waiting times figures in the run-up to the election.
Formal response to the NHS Standard Contract 2015/16 consultation
Why sanctions on the perverse admitted and non-admitted targets should be minimised in the NHS Contract, and why CCGs should be allowed more discretion over when to apply them.
Draft NHS Contract bolsters perverse targets
NHS England clearly realise that if you punish hospitals for treating their long-waiting patients, they will be less likely to clear their backlogs for you. So why have they not carried that logic, and the Secretary of State’s clear criticism of perverse targets, over into the contract sanctions?
Why waiting list initiatives don’t work
If your baseline's all wrong, and you don't improve your patient scheduling processes, the 'tail' on the waiting list will just grow back again. (First published at Roy Lilley's NHS Managers eNewsletter.)
England’s waiting list initiative slips again
October was another flop for the English national waiting list initiative, with fewer patients treated than usual and more long-waiters.
Capacity planning: beyond beds, theatres and clinics
You already know that Gooroo Planner works out your weekly beds, theatres and clinics. But what about endoscopy, radiology, and consultant job plans? Or getting Planner to measure your actual theatre performance, instead of doing it yourself? You can even automate it all, so that Gooroo does the hard work while you're asleep.
Scotland: long-waiting outpatients double in just 3 months
Over-12-week outpatient waits doubled in Scotland in the quarter to September, according to the latest figures. Not that anyone took a blind bit of notice.
Pressure eases on English waiting times
Waiting times recovered surprisingly well in September, especially in Orthopaedics which has received extra attention during the national waiting list initiative. Policy makers must now decide whether to extend the amnesty on perverse targets beyond the end of November, and allow hospitals to continue treating their longest-waiting patients without restriction.