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Need to subcontract not only with hospitals but with Healthcare professionals ie consultants to achieve target by all means

HERE ARE SOME FIGURES ABOUT the NHS ENGLAND WAITING LIST Could Second Opinion be a solution? This list can be reduced using #secondopinion. Some US articles have shown that 21% of patients do not need the planned referral. Source British Medical Association As of May 2024, the NHS waiting list for elective care was 7.6 million cases, an increase of over 31,000 from April 2024. The median waiting time for treatment was 14.2 weeks, almost double the 7.2-week median wait in April 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, around 3.11 million patients were waiting for more than 18 weeks, and nearly 307,500 had been waiting for over a year. The elective backlog recovery plan's (February 2022) target of eliminating waits longer than 65 weeks by March 2024 has been missed. The longer-running target that 92% of patients should receive treatment within 18 weeks of referral has yet to be met since September 2015. The hidden backlog is growing. The waiting list is visible, but the health service's growing 'hidden backlog' remains unknown. The hidden backlog includes patients who require care but have yet to present to healthcare providers. Furthermore, the referral to treatment waiting list does not include patients waiting for non-consultant-led treatment or follow-up appointments once they have begun treatment. Therefore, the number of patients included in the headline waiting list figures must show the full extent of the backlog. NHS England

In partnership with NHS Confederation, CF published our report on 'Achieving the 18-week standard for elective care' earlier this month. This followed the Labour government's pledge to ensure 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment — a target that has not been hit for nearly decade — by delivering an extra 40,000 NHS appointments, operations and diagnostics every week, equivalent to two million a year. 📸 This snapshot summarises key themes of the report, which sets out a transformational response to meet and sustain the elective care standard ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eNYUK8Eb

With more and more Trusts using insourcing and outsourcing to alleviate waiting lists RTT Support are here to help with the lowest insourcing rates of any supplier on any framework. #insourcing #clinicalinsourcing #rttwaitingtimes #nhsengland #nhs #orthopaedics #surgery #electivesurgery #ClinicalServices #HealthcareSupport #NHS #MedicalRecruitment #NHSFramework #NHSStaff #health #nurse #NHSEngland #NHSWorkforceAlliance #Insourcing #PatientWaitingList #NHSWaitingList #ClinicalInsourcing

Great to see coverage in the Telegraph today of IHPN's latest quarterly data analysis which has found that the sector is now delivering almost 1 in 5 of all NHS operations, and in the first five months of 2024 alone have removed almost 3/4 of a million people from the NHS waiting list. With the new Government committed to hitting NHS waiting time targets within five years and to delivering 40,000 extra appointments a week, IHPN have set out how the capacity and capability on offer from independent providers can be further maximised to ensure that more NHS patients can be diagnosed and treated as quickly as possible. This includes ➡ helping patients choose hospitals with lower waiting times (including in the independent sector), ➡ providing clear incentives for all healthcare providers to increase activity ➡ making it easier for providers to deliver new and additional NHS services ➡ increasing the productivity and capacity of NHS diagnostics services. Read more of our analysis on how the independent sector is supporting the NHS recovery here: https://lnkd.in/ei4PrJCb

Many thanks to Jack Rowlandson for his help with this article. We frame delays in discharging people from hospital as a system problem, but it is also an individual one. For frail and older people who no longer need acute care, staying in hospital all too often harms rather than heals, diminishing independence and quality of life. I'm sure many of you will have first hand experience of this, as I do. Please, if you think this is important, share... #patientcare #nhs

Delays in discharge impacts patient outcomes, creates bottlenecks in acute care, and places additional strain on healthcare systems. Collaborative approaches between hospitals, community care providers, and local authorities are essential to ensure patients transition smoothly back into the community. Insightful article from Dr Jo Andrews and Jack Rowlandson with their take on what's needed to address a long overdue issue 💡

Great to work with Jo Andrews on a really interesting topic last week - how we manage patient discharge in the NHS. The numbers are stark - 13% of acute beds contain patients that should have already been discharged. 83% of these patients are staying over two weeks. It's not just about bed management - it's about giving people the right care at the right time. Every day in hospital that isn't necessary is a day that can set a patient back, especially for our most vulnerable. Dive into the full report below.

Keeping patients in hospital beyond their medical needs remains a persistent challenge for the NHS, placing avoidable strain on hospitals but also worsening patient outcomes.    While the NHS has moved on from the term Delayed Transfers of Care (DToC) to the newer classification of "no criteria to reside," the underlying challenge remains the same: ensuring patients are cared for in the right setting, at the right time, to minimise the negative impact of prolonged hospital stays, particularly on frail people.    Seven years on from our discussions around DToC, our latest CF article by Jo Andrews and Jack Rowlandson examines the current state of hospital discharge: The figures are significant:    ➡️ 13% of general and acute beds occupied by patients who no longer needed to be in cared for in an acute setting  ➡️ Of the total number of people who were classed as having no criteria to reside for part of their stay, 83% had a total stay of more than 14 days.    Tackling these challenges is complex, but the potential benefits for patients and providers make it a priority. So what is needed to address them?     Read the full article here to explore this in more detail: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eK8r366X     #HealthcareTransformation #HealthSystems #PatientCare 

Today’s figures show NHS waiting lists continue to hit historic highs, with patients forced to wait far too long to get the treatment they need. With the billions of pounds of extra funding for the NHS announced in the Chancellor’s Budget, the public will now rightly be expecting to see clear improvements in waiting times for NHS services, with detail set out on exactly how this extra investment will ensure performance targets can once again be met by the end of this Parliament. As part of its work to clear this huge backlog of care, the NHS will need to use all the tools in its armoury to improve patient access to care, including the capacity available in the independent sector. Independent providers have already removed more than one million patients from the waiting list so far in 2024 and are positive they can make an even greater contribution. This includes through investing in much needed new healthcare facilities so that NHS patients can get the care they need at a time when public resources are hugely stretched, as well as ensuring that existing capacity in the sector is fully utilised by the NHS. Read our full response to today's NHS figures here https://lnkd.in/e9ZS7djx