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How to use week-by-week profiling in Gooroo Planner

  • October 21st, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

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.

Managing winter pressures, week by week

  • October 10th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

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.

Waiting times tread water

  • September 17th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

18-week waits didn't improve in July. Nor did they get markedly worse. It's probably still just a seasonal blip.

Your 18 week waits: July 2012 data

  • September 17th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

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

  • September 10th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

The local detail on clock pauses, by specialty, by Trust and PCT.

Pausing for effect: clock pauses and waiting times targets

  • September 10th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Clock pauses - they don't make a massive difference to waiting times. Do they? Um, perhaps you'd better sit down...

Scotland’s backlog still growing

  • September 3rd, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Scotland is growing a waiting list backlog, despite the new RTT waiting times target. Will the new Treatment Time Guarantee solve the problem?

18-week performance slips in England

  • August 19th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

18-weeks performance slipped back slightly in England, on the latest (June) figures. Probably just a blip.

Your 18 week waits: June 2012 data

  • August 19th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Interactive maps and resources with detailed analysis of the 18-week pressures by Trust and PCT, by specialty.

SimActive adapted, Excel less annoying

  • August 15th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Gooroo SimActive now accepts dates in dd/mm/ccyy format, so you no longer need to force Excel to stop reformatting dates in your waiting list uploads. ccyy-mm-dd and ccyymmdd formats are fine too.