Waiting times: “strong” or an “embarrassment”?
Are waiting times up or down? It depends who you ask, but some answers are more meaningful than others.
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Your 18-week waits
18 week pressures fully analysed, by Trust and PCT, and by specialty.
NHS consolidates its position on waiting times
The NHS consolidated its position on waiting times, following the first ever achievement of all three 18-week targets in January. The number waiting over a year improved slightly, but is still too high.
The local picture on waiting times
All the detail on 18 week waits: every specialty, every Trust, every PCT, all based on the latest (January 2012) data.
Targets met, records broken: good news on waiting times
The English NHS broke records with a superb performance on 18-week waiting times in January.
Toynbee exposes the waiting list cheats
Polly Toynbee was right to expose waiting list cheats. But let's fix the system, not start a witch-hunt against hospitals.
More waiting list patients frozen in time
There is something strange about the Orthopaedic waiting list in Salisbury.
December’s waiting times data – the local picture
Resources for analysing local waiting times pressures by Trust, PCT and specialty.
Latest on 18 week waits: better in December
The December 2011 data for 18-week waits shows a continued improvement, not just in the total list size, but also in the number of long-waiters.