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New and old visions of commissioning

  • April 11th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

Real life happens in the consulting room, not in the office. So better commissioning needs to happen in the consulting room too.

Map of 18-week hotspots

  • March 23rd, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

Maps of England, showing the 18-week hotspots for each major specialty.

New waiting time pressure reports – by NHS Trust and specialty

  • March 17th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

Want a customised report on the waiting time pressures in a particular Trust and specialty? Here they are, all based on the data published this morning.

Latest on 18 weeks: no worse, but no better

  • March 17th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

The indicators on 18 weeks have not recovered from their December blip.

18 week pressures: the unpalatable choice

  • March 15th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

When waiting lists grow, you have a choice: carry on achieving the 18-week target, or minimise waiting times for your patients. We look at two Trusts who made different choices.

The curious achievement of 18 weeks

  • March 8th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

How the 18 week target had the perverse effect of making waiting times worse.

Is the 18-week target about to blow?

  • March 1st, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

We look at the trends for some key waiting time indicators, to see if pressure is building for an 18-week blow-out. Orthopaedics is struggling, but everything else is holding on so far.

Managing split referral-to-treatment pathways

  • February 23rd, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

If your 18 week pathway splits, so that some patients have a diagnostic stage and some don't, then how do you manage waiting times? And how do you plan?

Gooroo research: the best booking tactics

  • February 16th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

What's the best way to book elective patients into theatre or clinic slots? Is 100% capacity utilisation possible? Is partial booking better? etc...

How should GPs commission?

  • February 8th, 2011

  • by Rob Findlay

GPs shouldn't fear commissioning. But nor should they follow in PCTs' footsteps.