Elective waits topped 34 weeks in May
An enormous and invisible backlog is building up during covid, as referrals are delayed.
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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
Covid-19 and RTT waiting times
An elective shutdown during the covid-19 outbreak is likely to affect the very longest waiting patients most
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.
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