New target, new perversity
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.
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How hard is the new 18 week target?
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?
Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever make the case for a one-year limit on RTT waiting times.
Making the case for a one-year limit on waiting times
Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever make the case for NHS trusts guaranteeing a one-year limit on referral to treatment waiting times.
More new oily bits: constant-capacity profiling
A sneaky peek under the bonnet at the new constant-capacity profiling that being built for Gooroo Planner.
When long-waiters are forgotten
When patients are forgotten on waiting lists, anything can happen. Sometimes comical errors, sometimes awful tragedies.
Latest RTT waiting times: August 2011
The NHS fended off its waiting time pressures in August, providing some much-needed breathing space as winter approaches.
Lansley and Neil in the waiting times trap
Waiting times have come to mean the opposite of waiting lists, and this has turned public debate on the NHS upside down.
New oily bits for Gooroo Planner
A sneak preview of the new interactive week-by-week activity profiling that we're building into Gooroo Planner.
How to plan against all eight RTT waiting time targets
The NHS has eight RTT waiting time targets to meet. In this year's planning round, how can you show that you'll achieve every one of them (even the pointless ones)?