Focus on waiting list still delivering success
The focus on incomplete pathways continues to deliver results, according to the April 2012 figures just released, with new records broken across all measures of long-waiters still on the list.
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A new way to work out demand
How should we measure demand? It depends on whether we have greater faith in our waiting list data, or our additions data.
Brilliant: Sheffield builds a Gooroo Dataset Creation Tool
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals have created a lovely interactive tool that non-analysts can use to generate Gooroo datasets automatically.
The active patient tracking list
In parallel with our HSJ article about active PTLs, this blog post explains how they work.
Wait control: a new system for better waiting list management
Creating a new system for waiting list management will help trusts nail their waiting times targets
Your 18 weeks
The local picture on 18 weeks, with interactive maps showing the size of the challenge and where the long-waits are.
Another record-breaking performance on 18 weeks
All three 18-week targets were met again, with massive reductions in patients still waiting 18 weeks after referral.
Does cutting long-waits cause a jump in demand?
Long-waits were sharply reduced under the last Labour Government. Did GP referrals spike as a result? Maybe.
New: more powerful reporting in Gooroo Planner
The powerful new Report viewer in Gooroo Planner lets you sort, filter and subtotal at the click of a mouse. So the big picture and the details that matter are all in easy reach.