Waiting times lengthen rapidly as winter bites
The elective recovery ground to a halt in December, as waiting times showed their fastest increase since July.
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Gooroo Planner – minor upgrade released
This minor upgrade improves the Editing tab, catches more data file issues cleanly, and fixes a bunch of other things.
Outpatients drive elective recovery in November
Elective waits had their best covid month so far, thanks to the recovery in outpatient services. But pent-up demand continues to build in the community.
Referral-to-treatment waiting time targets have reached the end of the road
The focus this winter should be reducing risk for clinical priority patients
Waiting times will probably top 52 weeks by March
Waiting times would have to grow a lot slower than they did over the summer, to avoid an England-wide breach of 52 weeks by the end of March.
Major upgrade to Gooroo Planner – advanced forecasting
We have today released a major upgrade to the statistical power of Gooroo Planner.
Advanced forecasting in Gooroo Planner – how it works
After a lot of research, we identified the most skilful advanced forecasting techniques for NHS demand and performance, and built them into Gooroo Planner. This is how they work.
Elective recovery fails to halt soaring waiting times
September was the NHS's best chance to arrest the rapid deterioration in elective waiting times. But the challenge was too great.
England is losing sight of its long waits
More and more waiting lists are disappearing into the 52-week-plus category.
Covid-19 planning – phase 3 and beyond
The focus may be on activity now, but demand will return to centre stage.