{"id":4137,"date":"2023-01-31T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=4137"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:26:58","slug":"waiting-lists-and-waiting-times","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=4137","title":{"rendered":"Waiting lists and waiting times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthpol.2026.105605\">Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for elective surgery in England<\/a>. <em>Health Policy<\/em>. 2026;105605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirkwood G, Buchan J, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09286586.2022.2075900\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting times for cataract surgery in Scotland since 2002 and the effect of austerity: an interrupted time series analysis<\/a>. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2022. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OphthalmicEpi_2022_Kirkwood_WaitingTimesCataract.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/01410768221090672\" target=\"_blank\">Socioeconomic inequality, waiting time initiatives and austerity in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis of elective hip and knee replacements and arthroscopie<\/a>s. JRSM 2022:01410768221090672. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JRSM_2022_Kirkwood_SocioeconomicScotlandHipKnee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM, Howie C, Wild S. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/jrs.sagepub.com\/content\/107\/6\/237.full\" target=\"_blank\">NHS Scotland reduces the postcode lottery for hip arthroplasty: an ecological study of the impact of waiting time initiatives<\/a>. JRSM. 2014;107(6):237-45 <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JRSM_2014_KIrkwood_HipArthroplastyScotland.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godden S, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0033350608001790\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting list and waiting time statistics in Britain: A critical review<\/a>. Public Health 2009;123:47\u201351. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PublicHealth_2009_Godden_WaitingList.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godden S, McCoy D, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/jrsm.rsmjournals.com\/cgi\/doi\/10.1258\/jrsm.2008.080202\" target=\"_blank\">Policy on the rebound: trends and causes of delayed discharges in the NHS<\/a>. JRSM. 2009;102:22\u20138. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JRSM_2009_Godden_DelayedDischargesNHS.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godden S, McCoy D, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hsmr.rsmjournals.com\/cgi\/doi\/10.1258\/hsmr.2007.007030\" target=\"_blank\">Using SitReps performance data to monitor the delayed discharge process<\/a>. Health Services Management Research 2008;21:155\u201360. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/HSMR_2008_Godden_SitRepsDelayedDischarge.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godden S, Pollock AM. Waiting list and waiting time statistics in Britain\u202f: a critical review. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CIPHP_2008_Godden_WaitingListWaitingTime.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCoy D, Godden S, Pollock AM, et al. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\/cgi\/doi\/10.1093\/pubmed\/fdm026\" target=\"_blank\">Carrot and sticks? The Community Care Act (2003) and the effect of financial incentives on delays in discharge from hospitals in England<\/a>. Journal of Public Health 2007;29:281\u20137. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JPH_2007_McCoy_FinancialIncentivesDischarge.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for elective surgery in England. Health Policy. 2026;105605. Kirkwood G, Buchan J, Pollock AM. Waiting times for cataract surgery in Scotland since 2002 and the effect of austerity: an interrupted time series analysis. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2022. 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