{"id":4137,"date":"2023-01-31T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=4137"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:08:34","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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pollock AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pollock_2026_WaitingListPolicies_presentation.pdf\">Waiting lists policies and the two-tier system within the NHS. Presentation: Waiting list conference 2026: from backlog to breakthrough<\/a>. London 16 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>Pollock AM. Waiting lists policies and the two-tier system within the NHS. Presentation: Waiting list conference 2026: from backlog to breakthrough. London 16 September 2026. 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. 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