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.
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Disarray on waiting times targets
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
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
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
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?
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.