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.
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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?
18 weeks still holding
The English NHS held steady on 18 weeks with an increase in admissions, despite signs of increased pressure on waiting times. Orthopaedics slipped fractionally below target again.
Your 18 week waits: November 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.
Automated planning through winter
Are your winter plans refreshed every week, so you can adapt quickly? Are they so rich in detail that you have a feeling for them, as well as an understanding? All this can be done automatically now, and just dropped straight into your dashboards.
Waiting list grows in October for first time
For the first time since records began, the English waiting list grew in the month of October. Still, 18-week waits were steady. One-year waits probably got worse.
Your 18 week waits: October 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.
Latest upgrades to Gooroo Planner
As well as launching the new Planner API, we've got a powerful new server, totally rewritten the dataset handlers and upgraded the address book to make Gooroo Planner even faster and more reliable.
Long-waits soar in Scotland
Scotland is achieving its main waiting times targets. Yet long-waits are soaring.