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Interactive maps showing where the long-waits are, the waiting time pressures, and where the most clock pausing is happening: by specialty, by NHS Trust and independent sector provider and PCT (for a population view).
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let's get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
Starting with a real consultant's waiting list, we show how a rules-based approach to patient scheduling can dramatically reduce waiting times.
Waiting times resumed their downward trend, breaking new records for best-ever long-waits performance.
A step-by-step introduction to week-by-week profiling. It's easy, and you don't need to be technically-minded to use it.
Good planning and monitoring can reduce the risk of crises this winter. We look at a worked example of week-by-week interactive profiling for beds and waiting times.
18-week waits didn't improve in July. Nor did they get markedly worse. It's probably still just a seasonal blip.
All the local detail on 18 week waits: full specialty-level analysis by Trust and PCT, and interactive maps showing where the longest-waiters and highest levels of clock pausing are.
The local detail on clock pauses, by specialty, by Trust and PCT.
Clock pauses - they don't make a massive difference to waiting times. Do they? Um, perhaps you'd better sit down...