Commissioning Board changes “18 week wait” penalties
The Commissioning Board has made a small, but significant and welcome, change to the penalties for breaching 18 week waits.
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Commissioning Board fumbles on waiting times
The draft NHS Contract penalises hospitals who treat their long-waiters, but not if they keep them waiting. Why?
Your 18 week waits: November 2012 data
The local picture on 18 week and one-year waiting times, for every English provider and commissioner, updated with the latest (November 2012) data.
NHS holds the line on 18 weeks
Waiting times improved slightly again in England, with new record-bests for long-waiters on the waiting list.
One-year-waiters: real patients or data errors?
The dramatic reduction in one-year-waiters was more down to validation than treating real patients. But it's essential nonetheless: there were still plenty of real patients there.
Recent upgrades to the Gooroo software
A quick round-up of the software enhancements we've put in place over recent weeks.
Your 18 week waits: October 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the very-long-waiters are, how organisations fare against the "92 per cent within 18 weeks" target, and where the most clock-pausing is happening. All updated with the latest October 2012 data.
Orthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long-waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
How to use Report Editing in Gooroo Planner
The new Editing screen makes it easy for operational managers to test new scenarios and performance assumptions, after information analysts have run the main numbers.
Scotland’s waiting times slide again
Scotland's long waits are worse again, though you wouldn't know it from the media.