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Annual planning
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.
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.
The contracting “must do” that you probably aren’t doing
The NHS has no choice about doing it. It is core to any successful contract negotiation. But there are no targets for it, budgets are not based on it, CCGs don’t collect data on it, and in practice it is often ignored…
The problem with annual planning
In theory, the NHS has highly sophisticated processes for finance and activity planning. In practice they are rather less polished. So here are two changes that would transform planning for the better.
How to work out your waiting time trajectories accurately
Long-wait trajectories are easy to ask for, and surprisingly hard to calculate. But with a skilful model and a bit of luck, you could achieve precision planning for your trajectories. In this longer read we go deep into the detail.
The perfect partners: whole-hospital planning without breaches
Lower costs, more activity, and less fire-fighting. That’s the power of planning electives and non-electives together, to achieve access standards for both, right across the hospital.
Modelling to achieve targets throughout the future period
“You have until October to clear the backlog. After that, no more breaches of the target will be tolerated.” Now Gooroo Planner can achieve targets throughout a future period, not just at the end of it. It’s a free upgrade, and this is how you use it.
Tailgating – the false economy of letting the waiting list grow
Tailgating strategies powered the global financial crisis. Now the NHS is doing it too.