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.
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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
Gooroo Planner's web interface is flexible and powerful. But for regular planning updates, let the Planner API take the work off you.
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.
Annual planning with Gooroo Planner
There's some pretty heavy number-crunching in the annual planning process. With fast, comprehensive planning, built-in collaboration, and expert support, Gooroo Planner is ideal for the task.
It’s a bad autumn for the waiting list as admissions falter
When the NHS keeps up with demand, the waiting list shrinks in the autumn. It isn't shrinking.
Managing to the RTT target
A deeper dive into the incentives created by various elective waiting time targets, compared with patient-centred booking.