Your 18 week waits: January 2014 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year-waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
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Consultation: What is “recurring demand”?
At the moment, elective "recurring demand" includes knock-ons from outpatients. We'd like to split that out and make the distinction clear, but aren't sure exactly how best to do it. Here are the options we are considering, and we'd like to know what you think.
Scottish waiting times still worsening
Waiting times are getting worse in Scotland, but you wouldn't know it from the government's press release.
CQC to improve RTT monitoring
The CQC are improving their 18-weeks monitoring. It still isn't perfect, but that may not be entirely their fault.
Sandbags, dredging, and waiting times forecasting
What can the NHS learn from the Environment Agency's management of flood risk? Mainly this: the NHS doesn't do nearly enough forecasting.
And so it begins: the decline of 18 week waits
The waiting list usually shrinks from August to December. Not this time. The waiting list now looks set to pass the 3 million mark around Easter, and there is a risk of England-wide 18 week breaches this year.
Your 18 week waits: December 2013 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year-waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
Waiting times: Northern Ireland review
The Northern Ireland Assembly asked for some advice on waiting times policy. So I had a grand day out in Belfast, and this is what I suggested.
The NAO report on NHS waiting times for elective care in England
The NAO have done a good report on waiting times. This is an opportunity to simplify the targets, make better use of Choose & Book, and knuckle down to the hard job of getting the record-keeping right.
Contract planning, or last minute scramble?
Last-minute deals, plans that nobody believes in... does the annual contracting round have to be like this?