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 request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests.
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
An elective shutdown during the covid-19 outbreak is likely to affect the very longest waiting patients most
A technical document about modelling elective shutdown during the covid-19 peak in Gooroo Planner, with a focus on scenarios for reducing elective care.
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Waiting times are creeping up as waiting list management processes wither
Elective waiting times jumped to 25 weeks in England, as admission rates fell unusually low even for a December.
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Four years of waiting list growth would need to be undone to achieve the NHS Constitution standard again.