No, annual planning is not dead yet. But it could become simply a by-product of genuine operational planning.
An end to annual planning
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Annual planning
Enough
Whose fault is it that the NHS isn’t delivering enough activity to keep up with demand? And what is “enough”, anyway?
Delivering the Operational Plans
A full draft Operational Plan by the 8th of February? Certainly, sir. Would you prefer the sums to be wrong, or the method unrealistic?
Modelling complex patient pathways
Clinical pathways don’t always run in straight lines. Here is how you can model even quite complex pathways quickly and easily using Gooroo Planner.
Modelling pathways that bypass outpatients
What happens when some patients bypass outpatients and are added directly onto the elective waiting list? Conversion rates don’t work as straightforwardly as they should. Here’s what you can do about it.
Putting operational managers in control of performance
The “exceptions table” sounds innocuous enough. But whoever controls it has the power to transform the management of entire hospitals.
Modelling the bit in the middle: diagnostic stages of treatment
After the initial ‘one-day’ implementation of Gooroo Planner, one of the first refinements you will want to make is around the diagnostic stage of treatment. Fortunately, it’s easier than you might think.
Modelling subspecialties (and sub sub specialties)
Operational managers often like to see their capacity plans at sub specialty level, especially in general surgery and orthopaedics. This is easily done in Gooroo Planner, but here are some things you may need to watch out for. And it’s similar for other levels of detail, such as hospital site, commissioner, and procedure based modelling.
Why does the NHS always need extra capacity?
Is the NHS always short of capacity because it’s always short of money? Perhaps not. Waiting list initiatives and a reliance on ‘extra’ suggest that something else is going on.