Covid-19 shutdown hits elective waits hard
The request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests.
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The state of RTT waiting times before covid-19
February’s data on referral-to-treatment (RTT) waiting times is the last before elective activity was largely shut down, as part of the colossal effort to free beds for covid-19 patients. We... Read more
Covid-19 and RTT waiting times
An elective shutdown during the covid-19 outbreak is likely to affect the very longest waiting patients most
Covid-19 planning part 1 – the shutdown
A technical document about modelling elective shutdown during the covid-19 peak in Gooroo Planner, with a focus on scenarios for reducing elective care.
Will covid-19 cause long RTT waiting times?
To any politician tempted to blame long RTT waits on covid-19: don't you date
Waits drift upwards as lack of focus continues
Waiting times are creeping up as waiting list management processes wither
RTT waits jump to 25 weeks
Elective waiting times jumped to 25 weeks in England, as admission rates fell unusually low even for a December.
On a maximum 92% bed occupancy
Was the centre right to call for lower bed occupancies below 92%? Yes.
Automated planning with the Planner API
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Waiting list would need to shrink to 2015 levels, to re-achieve 18 week waits
Four years of waiting list growth would need to be undone to achieve the NHS Constitution standard again.