Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting times pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase.
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Your 18 week waits: March 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest (March 2013) data.
The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February was 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on earth might be going on.
Your plan achieves 18 weeks at year end. But…
Now it's easy to turn your annual plans into weekly ones.
One-year-waits race towards zero
One year waits continue to fall sharply. 18 week waits, and the waiting list overall, are steady. Orthopaedic long-waits are deteriorating.
Your 18 week waits: February 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest (February 2013) data.
Changes coming up in Gooroo Planner
We're continuing to invest heavily in the Gooroo software, making it ever more powerful, helpful and easy to use.
The English waiting list: not growing after all?
After adjusting for counting changes, it turns out the English waiting list might not be growing after all.
Another waiting list initiative?
An addiction to "extra" means the baseline's all wrong.
One year waits still falling
One-year-waits improved, 18-week-waits are steady, the total waiting list is looking ever larger for the time of year.