All articles by Rob Findlay – Page 3
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Still waiting for elective recovery
At least the underlying pressure on waiting times has stopped getting worse.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Another record-breaking waiting list for England
The elective backlog recovery has not yet begun
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Elective waiting times rose sharply in December
The waiting time to diagnosis and decision has risen to more than 10 months
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Elective backlog grows to over 7.2 million
The October data was heavily affected by missing data, but the waiting list and waiting times continue to grow
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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More than 2,000 patients are still waiting over two years
Waiting lists and waiting times are overall still getting worse
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NHSE’s ‘unlawful’ waiting list guidance should be withdrawn
It may be unlawful, undermines National Statistics, puts managers at risk of prosecution, and erodes public trust in the NHS
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The elective care waiting list tops seven million
We can estimate that more than 20,000 of the seven million people on the elective care list have unsuspected cancer, and face a typical 10-month wait for that diagnosis.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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English waiting list nears 7 million
The wait for diagnosis and decision is rising much faster than the wait for treatment.
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The NHS's approach to reducing elective waiting times is unlikely to work
Trying to eliminate cohorts of waiting list patients is too simplistic says Rob Findlay
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Elective waits continued to worsen in June
Growing underlying pressures are coming into conflict with the headline targets.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Elective volumes rise as covid measures ease
Elective admissions rose sharply following the relaxation of covid measures, but it was not enough to stop the waiting list from growing.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.