Why does the NHS always need extra capacity?
Is the NHS always short of capacity because it's always short of money? Perhaps not. Waiting list initiatives and a reliance on 'extra' suggest that something else is going on.
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Modelling follow-up outpatient backlogs
A practical guide to modelling follow-up outpatients (known as "returns" or "repeats" in Scotland) using Gooroo Planner, including waiting times, capacity, and how to model defined courses of treatment.
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.
The annual planning round (and round, and round)
How can we structure this year's planning round, to stop it from going around in circles?
Treat more, clear the backlog! Slow down, you’re over-performing!
Did your annual plan resolve the tension between 18 weeks and limited resources? Or was that tension handed on for operational managers to resolve somehow? Are they succeeding? How do you know?