Reducing elective waits: Delivering 18 week pathways for patients

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Reducing elective waitsDelivering 18 week
pathways for patients

• 18 Weeks National Implementation Director
• Philippa Robinson

January 2007 Version 2.0
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Latest programme news

• Clinical Advisory Group first meeting 14 Dec
• HSJ Conferences (Diagnostics 23 Jan, 18 weeks 14
  March, Commissioning 27 March)
• NHS Confederation Event (25 Jan)
• Ministerial regional meetings (East Midlands,
  Yorkshire and the Humber and London)

• Engagement

• Ministerial meetings (BODS/BOA 12 Jan, CLN 11
  Jan)
• 18 weeks campaign

• Communications

• 18 week clock rules published (11 Dec)
• Operating Framework (11 Dec)
• NHS contract for Acute Services (model
  contract)(12 Dec)
• Spending Review allocation for 08/09 onwards
• Care Closer to Home evaluations Jun 07

• Policy System Reform

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Latest programme news

• RTT data returns
• Diagnostics data
• Baseline data publication (19 Dec 06)
• DSCN 18/2006 (29 Dec 06)

• Measurement

• LDP data (activity and RTT plans)
• Milestones RTT vs SOT
• Development of RTT PTL moving from decision to
  treat date to referral date

• Performance Management

• Navigation

• PTL pilot sites due to complete end March 07
• Secondary Users Services (SUS)
• Model communities
• Increasing Choose and Book referral entry points

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Latest programme news

• Specialty and Diagnostics National Programmes

• Audiology (end Feb publication)
• Orthopaedics IST diagnostics tool, BODS diary
  exercise (7 cases complex, 65 patients had one
  outpatient and one diagnostic test or less next
  stepsQA), workforce analysis, pathways work,
  mail out of MSF

• Pathways development (Links to other pathway work
  Ecare, MoM)
• Early achiever communities
• Map of Pilots
• Workforce

• Service Transformation and Commissioning

• Intensive Support

• Diagnostic tool for measurement
• Specialty and diagnostics national programmes
• Transformational change to achieve 18 weeks