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PMQs and the truth about waiting times

  • February 10th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade waiting time statistics over the dispatch box. Who was right?

The local picture on waiting times

  • January 24th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Which Trusts and PCTs have the biggest waiting times pressures? And how do we explain the Trust whose patients are apparently frozen in time?

Latest RTT waiting times data – November 2011

  • January 23rd, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

Waiting times improved in November.

Making sense of conflicting waiting times targets

  • January 20th, 2012

  • by Rob Findlay

The NHS has been given conflicting waiting times targets this year. There is a solution, and it lies mainly in PCT Clusters' hands.

Disarray on waiting times targets

  • December 28th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

By keeping the old, distorting waiting times targets in the new NHS Contract, the Government has undermined its stated intention to tackle excessive waits.

Interactive maps of English waiting lists

  • December 20th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

Where are the longest waits? What are waiting times like in your local NHS? How difficult is the new waiting time target? Here are some maps to help you find the answers.

Latest waiting time stats: one year waits halved in October

  • December 19th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

One-year waiters halved in October; a spectacular success for the NHS. Otherwise, it's steady as she goes as we head into winter.

New target, new perversity

  • December 12th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

The new RTT waiting times target is very welcome, but it brings new dangers of its own: distortion of clinical priorities, and hidden waiting lists.

How hard is the new 18 week target?

  • December 1st, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

The new 18 week target can be achieved. In a few places it is going to be difficult. But most of the NHS could achieve it by improving patient scheduling alone.

Time for a one year maximum wait?

  • November 27th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever make the case for a one-year limit on RTT waiting times.