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.
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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.
Imperial’s holiday
Imperial is taking a 'reporting break' on 18-week waiters. Bad idea.
PMQs and the truth about waiting times
David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade waiting time statistics over the dispatch box. Who was right?
The local picture on waiting times
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
Waiting times improved in November.
Making sense of conflicting waiting times targets
The NHS has been given conflicting waiting times targets this year. There is a solution, and it lies mainly in PCT Clusters' hands.