Covid-19 planning – phase 3 and beyond
The focus may be on activity now, but demand will return to centre stage.
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Elective waits reach 40 weeks
The NHS's warning threshold for extreme long waits has become the norm.
Efforts to treat long-waiters were overwhelmed in June
The NHS managed to admit more long-waiting patients in June, but the numbers were small and waiting times rose rapidly.
Covid-19 planning part 2 – the recovery
A technical guide to planning the post-covid recovery, with an emphasis on elective care. Updated on 15 July 2020..
Elective waits topped 34 weeks in May
An enormous and invisible backlog is building up during covid, as referrals are delayed.
Waiting times rising by one week, every week, as covid shuts routine elective care
English waiting times rose from 26.5 to 30.6 weeks in April, with over a million patients waiting longer than 18 weeks, and 11,000 waiting longer than a year.
Advanced forecasting for NHS demand and capacity planning post-covid
Covid has disrupted everything. So we are integrating advanced forecasting techniques into Gooroo Planner, to respond quickly to the shifting levels of demand.
Gooroo Planner upgrade: faster, easier uploads
Now you can upload all your data files in a single step, and it even creates your reports for you.
Covid-19 shutdown hits elective waits hard
The request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests.
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